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Sampson County Friends of Agriculture
“This is an attack on our way of life ~ We will not settle.”
Week of August 23-29, 2013
The Secret Is Out
Proposed Industry
is Enviva
Local News
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Entertainment
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Sports
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WEEKLY INDEX
Local............................................1-6
Faith.............................................7-8
Entertainment................................9
Food..............................................10
Education................................11-12
Sports............................................13
Health...........................................14
Crime............................................15
Obituaries.....................................17
Classifieds.....................................18
Business........................................19
Ford of Clinton.............................20
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Wood Pellets produced by Enviva
Area members of the North Carolina General Assembly, from left to right –
Rep. Larry Bell (Sampson/Duplin/Wayne), Rep. J.H. Langdon (Johnston),
Sen. Brent Jackson (Sampson/Duplin/Johnston), Rep. Jimmy Dixon (Duplin/
Wayne), and Rep. William Brisson (Sampson/Bladen/Johnston)
Monday night’s Friends of Agriculture Meeting at Heritage Hall at the Sampson County
Agri-Exposition Center was well attended. An audience of nearly 200 farmers, state
and community leaders, and business owners had the opportunity to hear updates
concerning the recent barrage of nuisance complaints targeting Smithfield Foods
Inc., Murphy-Brown LLC, and approximately 150 of the company’s contract growers
in Sampson and surrounding counties. Complaints filed by, “Out-of-state ambulance
chasers,” according to Don Butler of Murphy-Brown, LLC.
The key message of the night: “This is an attack on our way of life – And we will not
settle!”
FRIENDS, see P. 4
Clinton Doctor Arrested
Dr. Mouhamed Iyad Fakhri MD, a
Sampson county doctor, who operates an
Internal Medicine Clinic at 620 College
St, Clinton, NC 28328 was arrested
Monday and charged with three counts
of failure to maintain records, one count
of trafficking in opiates, one count
possession of a schedule IV controlled
substance and a “practitioner” charge for
the issuing of fraudulent prescriptions.
According to Chief Jay Tilley of the Clinton Police Department, “The investigation
was initiated a few months ago. We received information in another drug investigation
which led us to start an investigation on Dr. Fakhri. This investigation is part of an
ongoing effort by the Neighborhood Improvement Team (NIT) into the illegal use &
distribution of prescription medication. NIT will continue to concentrate on the people
who are providing illegal prescription medicine to our citizens.”
According to the arrest report, Dr. Fakhri turned himself in at the Sampson County
Magistrate’s office on the outstanding arrest warrants. The arrest report indicated that
the Clinton Police Department initiated the investigation and contacted the SBI-DECU
ARRESTED, see P. 3
After several tight-lipped months, Sampson County Economic Development has finally released the name of the proposed
developer for the I-40 Exit 355 site in Sampson County. The
company, Enviva Pellets Sampson, LLC, provides renewable
and sustainable alternatives to fossil fuels for energy, woody
biomass, and wood pellets in particular and also offer an unparalleled advantage for economic, base-load renewable fuel
supply.
After a three hour closed session on Tuesday night, Sampson County commissioners emerged and agreed to hold a
public hearing on Monday September 9, 2013 at 7:00pm in
the Sampson County Auditorium located at 435 Rowan Road
in Clinton. The purpose of the hearing is to receive public
comment concerning the proposed appropriations and expenditures for economic development at the proposed Enviva
Sampson County site. The proposed site has been identified
as a 200 acres site located at Interstate 40, Exit 355 in Sampson County.
The County has proposed to provide performance-based
business incentive payments to Enviva Pellets Sampson,
LLC over a ten year period that include: Direct Incentives of
$2,445,854; Site Acquisition (180 acres site, 11 acre non-developed site) $1,252,005; and Site Development (buffer site
purchase, natural line gas extension, site analysis, water grant
match) $910,185. According to John Swope, Director of
Sampson County Economic Development, “The Company
(Enviva) would commit to make certain capital investments
in the County, and to maintain certain levels of employment.”
The potential public benefits anticipated to be derived from
this agreement include: Taxable investment- $117,750,000;
Estimated property tax revenues (years 1-10 in operation) $4,891,708; Direct company employment- 79 full time jobs
at an average annual salary of $36,686; Indirect regional employment of 100 jobs with 300 jobs during construction; Regional purchases- $35,000,000; and State grant funding for
water system improvements-$1,523,925.
Additional information on the com-
ENVIVA, see P. 3
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From The Desk of
Senator Brent Jackson
I know the transition
from a summer routine
to the school-year
schedule is hard, and
I hope that process
is going well. Debbie
and I just welcomed
our third grandchild,
Weston Cade Jackson,
into
the
world
yesterday; and our
daughter-in-law is in
good health!
As always, when you
call or email my office,
normally you speak with a member of my staff. I want to assure you
that I read each and every email that is sent to my legislative account
and my staff provides detailed records of phone calls.
This week, I wanted to bring your attention to the bills of mine that
remain on Governor McCrory’s desk.
First, though, there is an important event that I would like to draw
your attention to:
The NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services will
be hosting the 9th Annual Commissioner’s Food Safety Forum
on Tuesday, August 27 from 9 AM - 12:30 PM at the N.C. State
Fairgrounds. The forum will address the future of food safety with
national food safety experts, congressional delegation, industry
leaders, regulators, public health officials, emergency management
and academia. The Food and Drug Administration is accepting
public comments on proposed rules coming out of the Food Safety
Modernization Act. I encouraged anyone interested in food safety
to attend and learn about these issues affecting all levels of the supply
chain. In addition, producers can gather useful information that will
help them become compliant with the upcoming regulations.
Admission to the forum is free, but registration is requested. If you
have additional questions, contact Chrissy Waggett at 919-707-3008
or Christina.Waggett@ncagr.gov.
The following bills are House bills that I championed on the Senate
side.
-All have yet to be signed by the Governor
House Bill 15: Various Emergency Management Changes
I filed this bill on the Senate side, Senate Bill 38, but it was decided
that Representative Faircloth would run the House version.
This bill makes changes to the emergency management laws, as
recommended by the Joint Legislative Emergency Management
Oversight Committee (EMC). It amends state policy regarding
which vehicles are authorized for red and blue lights when used
for law enforcement, firefighting and other emergency response
purposes. Also, EMC recommended the State study methods of
allowing prisoners to contribute to cleanup and mitigation efforts
in connection with states of emergency declared in North Carolina.
House Bill 74: Regulatory Reform Act of 2013
This is the General Assembly’s annual regulatory reform bill and
represents the compromise between the House and Senate. This bill
was written with the intent to amend or repeal restrictive laws, create
jobs, save small business owners money and create a more efficient
government. I was asked to represent my fellow Republican senators
by running this bill on the Senate side.
I encourage you to take a look at the bill, but wanted to highlight the
provisions I think will most impact agriculture and rural areas:
-We exempted ponds that are constructed and used for agriculture
from riparian buffer rules. For those of you with irrigation ponds,
we have grandfathered those that were either in existence on or
constructed after July 22, 1997. This will increase a farmer’s ability to
use more property around the irrigation pond.
-We have directed the Department of Transportation to adopt rules
for selective pruning within highway rights-of-way for vegetation
that obstructs a motorists’ view of properties on which agritourism
activities occur. Some of our wineries and flower farms live and die on
people seeing their operation from the road. Overgrown vegetation
can cause serious economic harm to these small business owners.
-We have amended the rules regarding daily flow rate for wastewater
systems. The problem many rural areas run into is many times, you
cannot even add a bedroom to a dwelling if the soil doesn’t percolate
enough to allow for the additional occupant in the bedroom. The
intent is to provide relief to rural homeowners wanting to build a new
home or addition.
-We amended the Right to Work statutes to protect our agriculture
producers and growers from having their contract purchasers force
them to hire union labor.
-We amended closure requirements for containment basins to allow
small cattle operations an alternative clean-up process. A small
farmer who averages less than 100 head of cattle over three years
should not be held to the same requirements as a larger operation.
-For those of you using wells for your private drinking water, you
know that a field investigation is needed to evaluate the site prior
to digging. We have provided language that directs local health
departments to either issue a permit or deny an application for
construction, repair or operation within 30 days. We feel this is a fair
amount of time to make a determination; and homeowners deserve
to get this information in a reasonable time frame.
House Bill 135: Adjust Landfill Permit Fee Timing
I filed this bill on the Senate side, Senate Bill 380, but it was decided
that Representative Ruth Samuelson would run the House version.
As recommended by the Environmental Review Commission, it
codifies the cost for sanitary landfill and transfer station design
and operational phase permits for both 5 years and 10 years. We
had allowed 5 and 10 year durations for landfill and transfer station
permits in 2012 but had not instituted costs. This bill updates our
General Statutes.
House Bill 321: Amend Local Solid Waste Planning
I ran this bill on the Senate side for Representative Chuck McGrady
and it is a priority for the NC Association of County Commissioners.
It is a simple bill that does away with a reporting requirement that
mandates local governments must develop and maintain a solid
waste management plan.
On Thursday, August 15, Governor McCrory vetoed two bills.
-House Bill 392: Warrant Status/Drug Screen Public Assist and
House Bill 786: RECLAIM NC ACT.
House Bill 392: Warrant Status/Drug Screen Public Assist
Representatives Arp, Horn, Starnes and Burr were primaries on this
bill, which would require the Department of Social Services to verify
whether an applicant for or recipient of Temporary Assistance for
Needy Families (TANF) benefits or Food and Nutrition Services
(FNS) benefits is a fleeing felon or a probation or parole violator; to
direct interagency cooperation and information sharing in order to
verify the eligibility status of an applicant or recipient; to deny TANF
or FNS benefits to an applicant or recipient who is a fleeing felon or
a probation or parole violator; and to require drug screening and
testing for certain applicants and recipients of work first program
assistance.
House Bill 786: RECLAIM NC ACT
Representative Harry Warren championed this bill, which requires
the Department of Public Safety to study measures for addressing
the problem of illegal immigration in this state. It also mandates that
they clarify which employers are subject to the state’s E-Verify laws.
I am interested in hearing your opinions regarding the Governor’s
decisions. Please call or email my office with any questions or
concerns on these issues.
DISTRICT HEADLINES:
“Sampson Perspective” will Bring Citizens and Leaders together
for Discussion
Organized by the Sampson County Chamber of Commerce, the
Sampson Perspective meeting will provide an open forum for
exchange and dialogue among local, state, and regional leaders and
the communities they represent. The event, which is free and open
to the public, is scheduled for Tuesday, August 27th at 5:30pm in
room O-140 of Sampson Community College. Attendees will have
the opportunity to ask questions and discuss policy issues with
Congressman Mike McIntyre, Senator Brent Jackson, Representatives
Bell and Brisson, and County Manager Ed Causey, among others.
We look forward to answering your questions next Tuesday!
DISTRICT 10 SPOTLIGHT:
Delta Sigma Theta Scholarship Recipients
The Clinton Alumni Chapter awarded scholarships to six area high
school students. The recipients included Tamara Murphy, Tamara
Sampson, Briana Moore, Parsell Murphy, Mary Kay Thompson and
Selena Ibara. These students will receive financial assistance to help
them fulfill their plans to continue their education at the university
level. Please join me in congratulating these students on their
achievement and thanking the Delta Sigma Theta alumni for their
generous contribution to the community.
If you would like to nominate someone for this, please do so by
emailing jacksonbla@ncleg.net naming the candidate and briefly
describing why this person deserves this honorable mention.
IN CLOSING:
I appreciate you allowing me to serve you in the NC General
Assembly and if I can ever be of service to you, please feel free to
contact me at 919-733-5705 or brent.jackson@ncleg.net. You can also
visit my Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/wbrentjackson
and follow my new Twitter page at https://twitter.com/SenJackson. I
look forward to hearing from you!
Jones Not To Be Allowed on Garland Election Ballot in November
At a special Sampson County Board of Elections meeting held on
August 20th, the board unanimously agreed to the decision that
John Jones is not eligible to have his name on the ballot as candidate of office for the Garland Town Council in the November
Election. Reason cited was that Jones had not showed the burden
of proof of residency in Garland which required 30 days at a Garland address prior to filing.
The Residency Challenge to the candidacy of John Jones for the
office of Garland Town Council was filed by Garland resident
Randy Smith. The challenge alleged that John Jones is not statutorily qualified to file as candidate for the office of town board in
the Town of Garland. The hearing was held on August 15 by the
Sampson County Board of Elections which includes Chairman Ted
Lockerman, John D Jackson and Horace Bass.
The candidate John Jones and the challenger Randolph Smith were
both present and neither party was represented by counsel. Numerous individuals were present, some of whom requested to be
heard and who were heard, regarding the matter. After hearing and
receiving all the evidence presented, which consisted of both testimonial and documentary evidence, the Board made the following
unanimous finding:
FINDING OF FACTS
*Jones timely filed as a candidate for the office of Garland Town
Council.
*At the time of filing, Jones’ voter registration information showed
his residence to have been 230
Presidents Lane Clinton. That upon being questioned with regard to his qualification to file as a candidate in Garland, Jones
informed the Board of Election representative that he had moved
his residency from Clinton to 52 N Bladen Ave. Garland and that
such move was for the purpose of establishing Garland as his permanent residence. Jones further informed that he had moved to a
Garland address by the 5th day of June, 2013 and had lived there
for at least 30 days before moving to his current address at 195 E.
Second Street in the Town of Garland.
*Smith is a resident of Garland, NC and is a qualified voter in
Garland, NC.
*Jones filed as the above noted candidate on July 19, 2013.
*Smith filed a timely challenge to the noted candidacy, alleging
under oath that Jones does not now, nor has he ever resided in
Garland as his permanent residency.
*Both Jones and Smith were permitted to testify, introduce documents as evidentiary exhibits, and call witnesses at the noted hearing.
*Ted B. Lockerman, Chairman of the Sampson County Board
of Elections, made opening remarks outlining the history of this
matter before the Board and explaining the statutory procedure
for conducting this hearing and appeal requirements should either
partly decide to appeal the final decision of this Board. No objection was made to the information so provided.
Jones testified first on his own behalf and offered the following:
His own testimony that he permanently moved to Garland in early June, 2013; An Affidavit of Resident, reflecting thereon that
It was also noted that Jones did operate a barber shop in Garland, North Carolina and had done so for a number of years,
during which time he traveled frequently from his residence at
230 President Lane to his shop in Garland.
Pictured above are Board of Elections Chairman
Ted Lockerman and Horace Bass.
he was living as a resident of “52 N Bladen Ave., Garland, North
Carolina 28441 from June 5 thru July 26, 2013”. Such Affidavit
containing alleged signature of John A. Jones, Paul Herring, and
Marcus Artis. The sworn document bearing the notarized seal of
Beverly Hobbs Wise and being dated July 31, 2013; That Jones
called no other witness and Jones also testified that he resided at 52
N. Bladen Ave with his cousin, Marcus Artis and that Marcus Artis
had lived at this address for a number of years; That this residence
was owned by Artis’ grandmother, Clara Robinson; That he ceased
to reside at 52 N. Bladen Ave on July 26, 2013 when he moved
into at 195 E. Second Street and (showed) that Garland residence
with Paul Herring, one of the individuals alleged to have signed
the previously noted Affidavit of Resident.
Randy Smith testified that he was very familiar with the residences
at 52 N. Bladen Ave. and 195 E. Second Street Garland and that
it was common knowledge that Jones did not live at 52 N. Bladen
Ave. at anytime.
Clara Robinson, grandmother of Marcus Artis, and owner of the
residence at 52 N. Bladen Ave., testified that she visits her grandson at his residence very frequently, that she had visited the 52 N.
Bladen Ave. residence numerous times between June 5 and July
26 of 2013 and that she knew that John Jones did not reside at that
residence with her grandson, that she had never rented anything to
Jones and upon being handed the noted Affidavit of Residence she
testified, under oath, that the alleged signature of Marcus Artis was
not her grandson’s signature.
Mr. Michael Toler, a retired police officer, living in Garland, testified that he traveled from Garland to Clinton, North Carolina on
numerous times during the time period, between June 4 and July
26 of 2013 and frequently met Mr. Jones car traveling from the
Clinton direction towards Garland around the times of 7:00AM
to 7:30AM.
Following the hearing on August 15, the Board, thru its Chairman, made an independent investigation by contacting Marcus
Artis and requesting that he meet with the Board of Election
Members, which he agreed to do. That Chairman Lockerman
and Board Member Danny Jackson met with Mr. Artis on Friday, 16th day of August 2013 at about 5:15 p.m. Upon presenting the Residence Affidavit to Mr. Artis the Board Members present were informed that Mr. Artis had never seen the
Affidavit before and that the purposed signature for him was
not his signature. He stated that he knew nothing about the
matter other than that Jones had requested that he be allowed
to park one of his vehicles in his yard for a few days. He
further stated that Jones had never lived with him at his noted
residence.
At the August 20th meeting, based on the Findings of Fact, the
Board of Election made their ruling:
*That North Carolina law requires that any candidate whose
candidacy is challenged has burden of proof to show that the
voter resides in that geographical area encompassing the district wherein the voter has filed as a candidate.
*That the burden of proof is on Jones to prove by the greater
weight the evidence, that he resided at 52 N. Bladen Ave. for
at least 30 days prior to his filing as a candidate for election to
the Garland Town Board.
*That serious questions have arisen related to Jones’ residency
at 52 N. Bladen and it is the findings of the Board that Jones
has not carried his burden of proof with regard to the three
requirements he must show as required by NCGS 163-127.5
(l.e. abandonment of his prior domicile; acquisition of a new
domicile by residing at another place; and the intent of making
the newer residence a permanent domicile).
*That Jones is thus not eligible to have his name placed on the
ballet as a candidate for the office of Garland Town Council for
the November 2013 Election.
*The Sampson County Board of Election, by unanimous vote,
concurs in this result.
Based on the Finding of Fact and conclusion of Law, IT IS
ORDERED AS FOLLOWS:
*The challenge of Randolph Smith to the candidacy of John
Jones for the office of Garland Town Council is SUSTAINED.
*John Jones is not qualified to be a candidate for the Garland
Town Council in Garland, North Carolina for the November
2013 Election and his name should not appear upon the ballot
for that election.
Jones has 2 days upon receipt of the Order to appeal the board’s
decision with the State Board of Elections.
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ARRESTED, cont. from 1 unit for assistance.
within the meaning of N.C. Gen.
According to the North Carolina Medical Board website,
Dr. Fakhri, a 1996 graduate of the University of Damascus
in Syria, voluntarily surrendered his medical license on
Monday.
Dr. Fahkri’s (form) letter signed and dated Aug 19, 2013
at 5:11 PM and addressed to the North Carolina Medical
Board stated, “I hereby surrender my license to practice
medicine issued by the Board effective upon receipt of
this document by the Board or its agent. I understand that
I may not give medical advice or treatment to any person,
with or without compensation; may not prescribe drugs;
and may not otherwise engage in the practice of medicine
Stat. §90-1.1. Once tendered, this decision to surrender
my license may not be withdrawn. I understand that the
surrender of my license does not preclude the Board from
bringing charges against me at a later date. I understand
that I have obligations to patients that continue beyond
the surrender of my license including, but not limited to,
winding up my practice in an orderly fashion, assisting
patients in ensuring continuity of their care, and preserving
patient records and access thereto. I understand that this
document is a public document within the meaning of
Chapter 132 of the North Carolina General Statutes and
shall be subject to public inspection and dissemination
pany and the project will be
available at the time of the
hearing, including a map identifying the proposed site(s).
The terms of any agreement between the County and the
company, however, will be subject to further completion and
amendment based on comments received at the hearing and
continued negotiations between the County and the company.
The Board of Commissioners may take action concerning the
proposed agreement and the related transactions immediately
following the hearing.
time in the latter half of 2014.”
ENVIVA, cont. from 1
According to Elizabeth Woodworth, Director of Marketing
& Communications of Enviva LP, “Enviva is in the final
phases of diligence on several potential sites throughout the
Southeast. The site under consideration in Sampson County
has many positive attributes for a wood pellet manufacturing
facility, such as robust, sustainable fiber resources, a strong
workforce and close proximity to the Port of Wilmington. It’s
also a large site, which gives us the opportunity to set ourselves back from existing residences and other commercial
activity.”
In response to why Enviva is considering Sampson County as
a potential site, Woodworth replied, “In evaluating manufacturing locations, Enviva requires a sustainable fiber resource
and a positive overall growth-to-drain ratio, which means that
the amount of fiber grown each year exceeds all removals.
This has been the case in and around Sampson County, and
we would expect to remain so after accounting for our operations. We’re also looking for an area that is well positioned
for the export of wood pellets to international customers and
has a strong local workforce.”
When asked when Enviva would begin construction and operation, Woodworth stated, “Diligence is still underway, but
assuming that process is completed successfully, the soonest
that construction activities could commence would be some-
John Swope, SC Economic Development Director commented,
“We are pleased that the Board of Commissioners have set the
date for the Public Hearing date to publicly discuss and consider providing incentives to Enviva Pellets. The EDC believes
this is an excellent project and company that should be given
consideration. We are glad to have the opportunity for Sampson County to compete for this project.”
Company History (Provided by Enviva)
Established in 2004, Enviva provides clean, sustainable, renewable woody biomass to industrial-scale customers. Enviva’s mission is to become the preferred partner and supplier of
sustainably-sourced wood pellets and other processed biomass
to serve power generation and industrial customers seeking to
decrease their dependence on fossil fuels and reduce their carbon footprint. Enviva has been safely, stably and reliably supplying wood chips and wood pellets to customers in the U.S.
and Europe since 2007. Enviva is one of the largest manufacturers of processed biomass fuel in the form of 100% wood
pellets in the United States. With U.S. manufacturing facilities
and partner facilities in Mississippi, North Carolina and Virginia, Enviva has an annual production capacity of approximately 1.24 million tons (1.1 million metric tons). In addition
to these manufacturing facilities, Enviva owns and operates a
deep-water port terminal in Chesapeake, VA. This ensures that
we closely monitor our product from forest to plant to port.
Other Local Enviva Facilities
On May 20, 2013 the company celebrated the opening of Enviva Pellets Northampton, a wood pellet production facility with
a capacity of 500,000 metric tons per year. The plant employs
79 full time employees and is estimated to support approximately 130 additional jobs in the forestry supply chain and
transportation and logistics industry. Wood pellets produced at
this facility are exported through Enviva’s Port of Chesapeake
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pursuant to the provisions thereof. Additionally, it may be
reported to persons, entities, agencies, and clearinghouses
as required by and permitted by law including, but not
limited to, the Federation of State Medical Boards, the
National Practitioner’s Data Bank, and the Healthcare
Integrity and Protection Data Bank. I understand my
right to and I have been given the opportunity to consult
with an attorney, at my own expense, before tendering
this surrender of my license. I have made the decision
to surrender my license to practice medicine knowingly,
voluntarily, and of my own free will.”
Dr. Fakhri was given a $150,000 secure bond and a first
court appearance is scheduled for August 30, 2013.
export terminal in Virginia to European energy utility customers. Energy utilities use wood pellet fuel as a low carbon coal
alternative to improve the environmental profile of energy
generation.
“Global demand for biomass energy is projected to increase
substantially over the next decade,” said Enviva Chairman and
CEO, John Keppler. “Our manufacturing footprint in North
Carolina plays an important role in meeting that demand and
in delivering environmental and economic benefits both to our
customers and to the region’s forests, timber owners, and logging and manufacturing workforce.”
Enviva owns an additional wood pellet production facility in
Ahoskie, NC with a capacity of 365,000 metric tons per year
and is currently completing the construction of an additional
500,000 metric ton per year production facility in Southampton County, VA. Once complete, Enviva’s Mid-Atlantic fleet
of facilities will have a combined production capacity of approximately 1.36 million metric tons per year.
“Enviva’s decision to locate this facility in Northampton County is a big win for the region, the forest products industry and
the State of North Carolina,” said Governor McCrory. “They
are creating good jobs in a growing industry and represent exactly the kind of business North Carolina needs to continue to
attract to our state.”
(Editor’s Note)
Additional information on the subject of the hearing is available
from Mr. John Swope, Executive Director, Sampson County
Development Commission at (910)592-8921 during regular
business hours. Persons wishing to make written comments
concerning the subject of the public hearing should direct them
to the Clerk to the Board of Commissioners, Sampson County,
406 County Complex Road, Clinton, North Carolina 28328 or
by fax to (910)592-1945.
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WE HAVE TWO LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOU!
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Salemburg, NC
910-567-2680
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Clinton, NC
910-592-3184
910-567-6542
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FRIENDS, cont. from 1
Ronnie Jackson opened
the meeting by stating, “I don’t need to remind you
that the counties of Sampson and Duplin put together
– farm income in those counties is close to 2 billion
dollars a year. That’s 1 billion each…Over 60% of that
income is hogs, and it’s a huge thing here.” Jackson
added, “It’s not really an attack on Smithfield Foods;
it’s not really an attack on Murphy-Brown. It’s an attack
on our whole way of life here…You may sell shoes
down the street, or you may sell insurance, or you may
sell cars; but whatever you do, you have a stake in the
hog business.”
Before turning the meeting over to Don Butler, Jackson
also said, “Agriculture will continue to be the basis for
our economy here for many years to come. And if we,
as citizens, don’t stand up and support what’s here
you never can tell what’s going to happen.” Jackson
then explained that a number of the now 900 nuisance
complaints had actually become lawsuits.
Those suits, filed in early July by two lawyers (Charlie
Spear of Kansas City, Mo. and Richard Middleton of
Savannah, Ga.) co-founders of the group Center to
Expose and Close Factory Farms(CECAF), joined
by Mona Wallace of the Personal Injury Law Firm of
Wallace & Graham of Salisbury, contend that the swine
operations’ current practices are injurious to plaintiffs’
quality of life, health and sense; and that offensive
substances have negligently, intentionally and
recklessly been discharged, emitted and released on a
recurring basis. A portion of the mission statement for
CECAF taken from their website states, “The Center to
Expose & Close Animal Factories and its constituents
are determined to end the sickening practice of animal
factory production...”
Don Butler, Director of Government Relations and
Public Affairs for Murphy-Brown LLC, began by stating,
“I want to share some information with you that could,
in one way or another, touch everybody in this room.”
Butler went on to explain the history of the “hog wars”
of the last decade in eastern NC, and articles published
in newspapers of the day that Butler described as “a
drive by shooting of our industry”. “The swine industry
in NC, right now, is a different industry than it has ever
been,” stated Butler. “The progress, and the things that
we have changed in the last 10 years, management
techniques, is nothing short of astounding.”
Butler asked those in attendance to consider that over
the last 10 years the pork industry has been very quiet,
stating that this was because, “pork producers have
done an extraordinary, exemplary job of managing
their facilities.”
“Most of us live in these communities, and if you live
in Sampson or Duplin County there is a poultry or hog
operation in your neighborhood. And we have done a
lot of things to be respectful of the neighborhood, to
manage the farms in the best way that we know how.
We’ve implemented technologies and done a lot of
things that really have moved the needle on, not only
environmental management, but on odor.”
Butler also says that Murphy-Brown, like others in
the industry, are very concerned about complaints
when received, and those complaints are channeled
to his desk or the desk of Kraig Westerbeek, adding,
“If something is wrong, we go to the root cause of that
problem, and we fix it.” Butler also said that MurphyBrown, and their competition, were all committed to
“running clean operations…and collectively, we make a
huge contribution to the quality of life in this area.”
Butler also added that they suspected the timing of
these cases had to do with the recent announcement
concerning the proposed sell of Smithfield Foods, Inc
to the Chinese firm of Shuanghui International, China’s
largest meat producer. “We believe that part of their
strategy may be to try and embarrass Smithfield prior
to the closing of that transaction. And that we would
roll over, and write them a big check… If that’s what
their strategy was, that strategy has failed.”
In fact, according to a press release from 2012,
Murphy-Brown earned Smithfield Foods’ Zero Hero
Award for its outstanding environmental management
performance, which included managing more than 450
company-owned farms nationwide without incurring
a single environmental notice of violation (NOV). The
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state
environmental agencies issue NOVs for violations of
their environmental rules and regulations, and direct
companies to take the appropriate corrective actions.
That same press release also states, “A decade ago,
Smithfield adopted a corporate environmental policy
committing the company to pollution prevention
and continuous improvement in its environmental
performance. In 2002 Smithfield received ISO 14001
certification for all of its domestic company-owned farms,
and by 2004 its U.S. processing facilities also earned the
same ISO certification. ISO 14001 is the international
gold standard for environmental management.
The International Organization for Standardization
(ISO), based in Geneva, Switzerland, promotes
the development and implementation of voluntary
international standards for environmental management
systems. Receiving ISO certification means a facility has
implemented state-of-the-art management systems that
include formalized practices to protect the environment.”
“Despite the quiet, peaceful times we’ve had in the last
10 years,” Butler contends, “We have been descended
upon by a group of out-of-state plaintiffs’ attorneys with
pre-litigation notices.” Butler explains that by North
Carolina law a pre-litigation notice is designed to allow
the two sides in a dispute to resolve the issues via
mediation, but Butler contends that the attorneys in these
cases had no intentions of seeking a mediated solution.
“They had no intention of negotiating, it was simply a
venue where they could say to these 150 people, ‘give
us this amount of money, and we’ll go away’. It’s about
money.”
During the meeting Butler informed the audience,
“We have notified the courts that all of our contract
growers, and all of the affected producers, have
joined together with us. And we’ve notified the courts
that we waving the mediation process. We’re not
going there…We’ve told them, bring it on.” Butler
then added, “We believe the facts on the ground, here
in North Carolina, are such that they (the plaintiffs’
attorneys) cannot prevail based on the facts.”
Butler added, “It’s our opinion that these threats of
nuisance lawsuits, and the 5 lawsuits now that have
actually been filed, have no basis in fact. In many cases
you have a group of plaintiffs who have been recruited
by these out-of-state ambulance chasers. And you have
farms somewhere on the other side of town, that don’t
even know who the plaintiffs are, don’t recognize the
names.”
“We see this purely and simply as a money grab,” stated
Butler, who continued, “Should they prevail, it poses an
existential treat to this industry in North Carolina.” Butler
went on to say, “We have faith in the court system. We
have no intentions of settling these cases. We intend to
defend every one of them.”
Butler told those in attendance, “We hope you will be
as incensed about this as we are. We are offended by
it, and we think its wrong… As we go forward we’re
going to need you.”
During the question and answer period of the meeting,
Rep. William Brisson stood to address the gathered
audience. Brisson, who represents Sampson, Bladen
and Johnston counties and is himself a farmer,
stated, “These lawyers are pretty slick; I’ve not met
one yet who’s not. But they are going to the folks and
what they’re telling them is, ‘We’re not suing your
neighbor. We don’t want to sue your neighbor that’s
a grower. We’re after Murphy-Brown and Smithfield,
the big-money folks. That’s who we’re after.’ So the
neighbors are signing off on this; going to the grower
and saying ‘well, we don’t mean nothing by it. But
we’ve been told compensation’. And Don’s absolutely
right, it’s about the money; it’s not about the hogs...
It is money.”
Brisson added, “They’re going to hit the integrators,
and they’re just starting out with Murphy-Brown and
Smithfield because they’re one of the largest. So
they’re going to start at the top and come down. But
it’s not about hogs or anything else. The next thing it’ll
be is about the dust from tractors, the tractors on the
road; if we don’t stand up for this, then everything we
lose is going to cost us in the long run. They’re going
to continue to come after us, so we have to stand up
and we have to be together.”
In addition to Rep. William Brisson, several other
lawmakers from North Carolina attended Monday
night’s meeting of the Friends of Agriculture. Area
members of the North Carolina General Assembly
in attendance included: Rep. Larry Bell (Sampson/
Duplin/Wayne), Rep. J.H. Langdon (Johnston),
Sen. Brent Jackson (Sampson/Duplin/Johnston),
Rep. Jimmy Dixon (Duplin/Wayne), and Rep.
William Brisson (Sampson/Bladen/Johnston). Also
in attendance, and addressing the audience, were
Sampson County Sheriff, Jimmy Thornton, and NC
District Attorney for District 4, Ernie Lee.
Clinton Fire Department Receives $99,000 Grant
of the Clinton Fire Department, the department applied
for a grant to meet specific safety equipment funding
needs within the department. Nearly two years later Congressman Mike McIntyre announced Wednesday the approval of the $99,000 grant in Federal Fire Funds for the
Clinton Fire Department.
Congressman McIntyre stated, “Ensuring that our fire departments have the resources and tools they need to do
their job is a priority for me and I am pleased these funds
are coming home to help the Clinton Fire Department.
We must do all we can to protect our citizens and communities and these federal resources will help do just that.
Congratulations to all who worked on this application!”
In an economy where belt tightening and decreasing
budgets are the norm, a $99,000 grant is a windfall for
the recipient. In order to continue upgrading the needs
The United States Department of Homeland Security
has awarded these congressionally appropriated funds
through its Firefighter’s Assistance program. Congress-
man McIntyre is a member of the Homeland Security,
Fire Services, and First Responder Congressional Caucus.
Clinton Mayor Lew Starling stated, “We are extremely
appreciative for this grant and applaud our firefighters
who worked on the application. These funds will help
us purchase additional and improved air packs for our
firefighters. Anytime we are able to better equip our firefighters to ensure their safety and the safety of our citizens, it is a great achievement for Clinton.”
Clinton Fire Chief Adon Snyder said, “The department
applied for the grant in late 2011. The grant was specific to replacing our outdated self-contained breathing
apparatuses. The breathing apparatuses are used to enter
burning building. The grant will replace fifteen units, allowing our department to comply with 2013 standards.”
Wreck Compromises Electrical Equipment at Midway High and Midway Elementary
Anthony Vann, Executive Director of Auxiliary Service, brought the Sampson County School Board up
to speed on damages caused by a Saturday wreck
in the Midway community which left two area schools
with electrical damage. Vann said the damage caused
by the wreck could exceed $150,000 in damaged
equipment and according to John Gilmore, Director of
Technology & Accountability with the Sampson County
School System, Computer and Printer damage could
exceed $90,000.00.
The wreck which damaged a Duke Energy utility pole
disrupted power to both Midway High School and Midway Elementary. Vann stated, “The schools are supplied powered by three phase electrical service, both
the lack of power caused damage and the surge of
power caused damage. The building filled with smoke,
setting off the fire alarms. There were 200 plus ballast,
a freezer, waste water pumps and the score board in
the gym damaged at the high school. We think the
(a/c) compressors are okay; we will not know about
damage to them until later in the day (Tuesday). The
fire alarm at Midway High school is working, the Fire
Alarm at the elementary school is not. We have made
arrangements with the Fire Marshall. They are going
to allow us to keep people in the building with moni-
tors, monitoring the halls.”
Mr. Vann continued, “I have been in contact with
our insurance company and the vehicle owner’s insurance company. We will file a claim in order to
re-claim as much as possible.” Mr. Vann continued,
“We have features in place to prevent damage from
happening when an event (power surge) happens.
We are working with the design team and Duke Energy to establish what happened.”
Mr. Vann concluded by saying no one was injured
in the event, only equipment and computers were
damaged. Mr. Vann was also asked by board member, Telfair Simpson if the damage would hamper or
delay the start of school next Monday morning, to
which Vann stated there should NOT be any delay.
“The equipment will move the air through the building, but it will not be cool air.”
Dr. Ethan Lenker, Superintendent of Sampson
County Schools, updated The Sampson Weekly on
the damage to the school’s equipment as of Thursday afternoon. Dr. Lenker stated, “No further damage, the chillers came on with no additional problems.”
Lenker concluded by saying, "Just how lucky we are
in Sampson County to have a technology and plant
operations department, that were able to diagnose
the different issues and get the essential items up and
running within a few day. The equipment damage will
NOT affect the first day of school. Mr. Gilmore and Mr.
Vann do an outstanding job for our school system.”
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We Should Know...
cuttings (including nearly 75 different types),
as well as a variety of other landscape plants
which he feels deserves his full time attention.
JW Simmons begins the show asking Jim
Darden to discuss outdoor spaces and
landscaping as the surrounding area looks
toward the fall season. Darden states that the
Nursery Marketing Council has a slogan, “Fall
is for Planting”. “It is true,” states Darden, “and
the reason for that is, when you put a new plant
in the ground it has 5 to 7 months to get the root
system established before the heat next year
comes in to play and begins to put stress on that
plant.” Darden adds, “Really, as far as getting
plants to live through the initial year or two, this
is an excellent time to plant.”
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Jim Darden with JW Simmons
host of We Should Know
Tuesdays from 2:30 PM until 3:30 PM, J.W. Simmons hosts a
radio show on 1170 AM called “We Should Know”, and The
Sampson Weekly will feature portions of the transcripts in
our continuing efforts to bring you more coverage of what is
happening in our community. The topic for this week’s show
is fall landscaping, and the guest is the author of 3 books,
horticulturalist Jim Darden.
Darden attended Methodist College in Fayetteville where
he received a degree in biology before heading to Duke
University for his graduate degree. After college, Jim spent
a year as a salesman in Atlanta, Georgia before coming
back home. He returned to Clinton when he was given the
opportunity to start what would become the horticulture
program at Sampson Community College. Darden retired
nearly 10 years ago after 25 years working with the state.
However, Darden was given the opportunity to return to
Methodist University to become their horticulturist. Here
Darden would spend the next 8 years working to completely
redesign and implement new landscaping to enhance the
aesthetic appearance of his alma mater.
Jim Darden, who has lived in Clinton most of his life, recently
retired from Methodist University and has since devoted his
full time and attention to his own landscaping and nursery
business in Clinton. Darden’s Greenhouse & Nursery is
best known for Azaleas, and Jim explains that people come
from as far north as Long Island, New York and southward
from Augusta, Georgia, to purchase azaleas and other plants
from his nursery. Darden says they have over 30,000 azalea
“September will be here in just about two weeks,” says Darden,
“and it will be time to put out the rye grass, put in the pansies,
and do the fall landscaping.” Darden also says that by the time
people contact him with planning and design it will be time to
start planting.
Simmoms asks Darden, if someone wanted to reach him for
questions about landscaping, or for landscaping design, how
they would best reach him. Darden says the best way to reach
him would be to call Darden’s Greenhouse & Nursery on
Beaulah Road at 910-590-9689. And that he would be happy to
talk with folks at length about their landscaping needs prior to
actually engaging in contracted work.
Next Simmons states that several recent articles for homeowners
have focused on the warmer weather trend the last few years,
and the desire of people to spend more of their home-life
outside. Simmons asks Darden to address that and discuss how
landscaping can help address that trend. “Well there is a big
boom in outdoor living areas with patios, covered decks, and
outside stone cooking areas…If the weather is comfortable,
people definitely want to get outside and into their landscape.
People want to beautify it, put color there, flowers there,
ornamentals, all sorts of perennials and woody plants.” Darden
added that people, “want to get outside. Particularly during this
transitional period that we have coming up…It’s not too hot and
it’s not too cold.”
Considering this year’s heavy rain totals Darden suggests that it is
always a good idea to do soil sampling, because “then you know
exactly what you need to do for fertility, pH, and those
sorts of things.” Darden also says that it doesn’t really
matter if you use a fast acting or slow release material on
your lawn, so long as you have the right amount out in
the soil. He adds, “We have had a very moist spring and
summer, and the good thing about that is that there has
been need for irrigation up until about 2 weeks ago. And
if there is any downside to that, it’s that it does wash away
your fertilizer, particularly those quick acting fertilizers.”
Darden explains that a few weeks ago, during the dry spell
between rains, many yards became parched and turned
brown. He says that these lawns will come back with this
new rainy spell we’ve had the last few day. Darden also
adds, “When I put in irrigation systems I tell people, most
of the time you really don’t need an irrigation system.
Most of the time lawns, shrubs and trees get plenty of
water during the year. But there’s almost, every year
during July and August, a drought period of 2 or 3 weeks
when you’ve got to get water on the grass because it will
dry up, turn brown, and some of it actually dies. That’s
what the irrigation system is…its insurance to make sure
you don’t go through a problem with your grass dying
when things get really dry.”
Darden explains that even trees can suffer through dry
seasons. “We have a River Birch in our yard, and it’s lost
about half of its leaves. When it gets dry, the first thing
that and most trees do, is drop their leaves.” Darden states,
“You will see a lot of trees and other plants defoliate when
it gets dry, and if you’ve got an irrigation system you can
certainly circumvent that and keep things lush and green
throughout the year.”
To contact Jim Darden please visit him at Darden’s
Greenhouse & Nursery on Beaulah Road in Clinton, or
you can reach them by phone at 910-590-9689.
To view the entire broadcast of We Should Know please
visit their YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/user/
WeShouldKnowEDU.
The next “We Should Know” hosted by J.W. Simmons
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radio station WCLN 1170 AM. If you would like to reach
“We Should Know” you may call them at 910-592-8947
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Births
-Andrea Smith Salazar Castro born on July 30, 2013 at Sampson Regional Medical Center
to Hector David Salazar Garcia and Rina Yanira Castro
-Mia Andrea Salazar Castro born on July 30, 2013 at Sampson Regional Medical Center
to Hector David Salazar Garcia and Rina Yanira Castro
-Jamila Ibrahim Awawdeh born on July 31, 2013 at Sampson Regional Medical Center to
Ibrahim Abd-Elhalim Awawdeh and Tasnim Emad Awawda
-Lillia Rose Joiner born on July 31, 2013 at Sampson Regional Medical Center to David
Kyle Joiner and Jessica Carol Joiner
-James Henry Robinson born on July 31, 2013 at Sampson Regional Medical Center to
Sarah Eloise Robinson
-Aaron Abel Garcia born on August 1, 2013 at Sampson Regional Medical Center to
Adrian Garcia Ruiz and Laura Aguirre-Giron
-Cornelius Rayjean Lamb Jr born on August 2, 2013 at Sampson Regional Medical Center
to Cornelius Rayjean Lamb and Temeka Marie Lewis
-Ava Catherine Elizabeth Cooper born on August 5, 2013 at Sampson Regional Medical
Center to Antwaun Lenard Shremel Cooper and Sumer Noel Holloman
-Anna Katherine Simmons born on August 5, 2013 at Sampson Regional Medical Center
to Adam Whitfield Simmons and Jamie McLamb Simmons
-Jorge Raul Pineda Gomez born on August 6, 2013 at Sampson Regional Medical Center
to Evaristo Pineda Gonzalez and Ludubi Gomez Nunez
-Antonio Ventura Cruz born on August 8, 2013 at Sampson Regional Medical Center to
Eugenia Cruz Vasquez
-Si’Niyah Lashawn Faison born on August 8, 2013 at Sampson Regional Medical Center
to Ericka Janae Faison
-Shamerial Leanne Bell born on August 8, 2013 at Sampson Regional Medical Center to
Glenwood Thurston Bell and Chasity Brinson Bell
-Jeremiah Zymir Owens boron on August 9, 2013 at Sampson Regional Medical Center
to Allysha Mondreona Owens
-Brian Lopez Velasquez born on August 10, 2013 at Sampson Regional Medical Center to
Pablo Lopez Deaquino and Hermilda Velasquez Diaz
-Isaac Vail Ramirez born on August 10, 2013 at Sampson Regional Medical Center to
Eliseo Dionisio Vail Perez and Maria Roselia Ramirez Bartolo
-Juan Andres Gonzalez Ortiz born on August 10, 2013 at Sampson Regional Medical
Center to Juan Alexander Gonzalez Bracho and Zulma Carolina Ortiz Suarez
-Isabella Rose Ellis born on August 11, 2013 at Sampson Regional Medical Center to
Quentin Ander Ellis and Pamela Louise Ellis
-Holly Florencia Sales Lopez born on August 10, 2013 at Sampson Regional Medical
Center to Maynor Sales Molina and Candelaria Lopez Vasquez
-Zayden Ramon McLellan born on August 11, 2013 at Sampson Regional Medical Center
to Ronald Edward McLellan and Latisha Kwanta Owens
-Cattleya Nyla Zaldivar born on August 12, 2013 at Sampson Regional Medical Center to
Carlos Danillo Caceres and Cometria Danielle Highsmith
-James Miles Fisher born on August 13, 2013 at Sampson Regional Medical Center to
Robert Lynwood Fisher and Tabetha Tyndall Fisher
-Aldo Daniel Santibanez born on August 13, 2013 at Sampson Regional Medical Center
to Pedro Santibanez and Mariela Alvarado Alvarez
-Jayden I’Saiah-Ahmeir Underwood born on August 13, 2013 at Sampson Regional
Medical Center to Jessica Elaine Underwood
-Adelynn Benitiez Flores born on August 14, 2013 at Sampson Regional Medical Center
to Martha Elizabeth Flores Hernandez
-Cerenity Jade Smith born on August 14, 2013 at Sampson Regional Medical Center to
Jonathan Cory Smith and Shakara Monique Smith
-Analy Vazquez born on August 14, 2013 at Sampson Regional Medical Center to
Roberto Vazquez and Nataly Aguilar
-Kimora ALea Whitted born on August 14, 2013 at Sampson Regional Medical Center to
Consuela Arnetta Morrisey
-Mason Howard Vance Wilson born on August 14, 2013 at Sampson Regional Medical
Center to Joshua Howard Wilson and Keri Smith Wilson
-Lesvy Marely Acosta Lizardo born on August 15, 2013 at Sampson Regional Medical
Center to Lenin Marel Acosta and Lesvy Adalinda Lizardo Meza
Marriage Certificates
-Ralph Martin Sessoms to Mattie Hall Hales
-Sergio Lino Mendoza to Ana Rosas Contreras
-Darwin Alexi Gomez Avila ton Ashley Elysbe Urbina Mancia
-Michael Lakeem Faison to Patricia Rose Walker
-Apolonio Martinez-Delgado to Ma Guadalupe Mejia-Garcia
-Ernesto Munoz to Blanca Torres-Fernandez
-Robert Ernest Price to Tammy Ulisa Bowen
-James Dylan Phillips to Alexandria Pearl Eldridge
-Samuel Ethan Woodard to Lindsey Dawn Warwick
-Ramon Alejo to Marlene Montes-Dias
-Jojuan Dupree Mosley to Jeanette Williams
-Daniel James Agner to Ashley Grace Tyler
-Carlos Gonzalez-Diaz to Maria De La Cruz-Lopez
-Jose Cruz Mejia Mendez to Cecilia Vanessa Ortiz Mendoza
-Eric Bobby Faircloth to Candice Blair Hall
Deaths
-George Wayne Autry
-Floyd Junior Bass
-Mary M Beard
-Nellie Mae Fisher Bass
-Frank Jessie Blackmon Jr
-Nevaeh Elizabeth Butler
-Georgina Dominguez Hernandez
-Thelma Faye Fortner
-James Manley Faircloth Sr
-Milton Filmore Gainey
-Billy William Harrington
-William Hawthorne Kenlaw
-Betty Sue Murphy Raynor
-Peggy Norris Rackley
-Adalberto Trejo Rodriguez
-James Roland Tanner
-Rodriguez Adalberto Trejo
-Louise Warren Tew
-Jesse Rogers Warren
-Willard Dale Young
Week of August 23-29, 2013
Land Transfers
-Howard Tony Jackosn, Tony Jackson/AKA to Randy Howard Jackson and Amanda Lynn
Jackson McLamb- Tract 1 35.38 Acres North Clinton
-Carlton Kemp Lamm, Donna Kathryn Hawley Lamm to Christopher R Hardison,
Jennifer L Hardison- 2.25 Acres Plainview
-Deborah Harrell Williams, Ronald Douglas Williams to Bonnie Renee Lambert- Lot 2
0.98 Acres Halls
-Yasuko Blackman to Burch Farms LLC- 2 Tracts Piney Grove
-Jerry Wayne Hairr, Teresa B Hairr to Hairrs Auto Sales Inc- Lot 1 1.90 Acres Clinton
-Brenda C Davenport, Thomas M Davenport to Brenda C Davenport, Thomas M
Davenport- 0.92 Acres Lot 6 Little Coharie
-Leonel Bosbeli Ortiz, Lisa Ann Ortiz, Amber Temple/AKA, Amber Leigh Temple, Eric
Temple/AKA, Felicia Temple/AKA, Felicia Marie Temple, Jerry McKinley Temple Jr,
Joshua Aarron Temple, Kenny Temple/AKA, Lisa Temple/AKA to Benny Benton- 2.02
Acres Dismal
-Charles M Boone/TR, Elizabeth Baptist/FKA, Elizabeth Missionary Baptist Church,
William H Pope/Tr, Claude A Williams/TR to Laura D Cain- 3 Tracts w/exceptions Belvoir
-Morgan Bryan/MBR, CLB Property LLC to Daisy Owens- 1.2931 Acres Piney Grove
-Alice L Parker, Carl O’Neil Parker Sr to Neil Crumpler and Mark Turlington- Lot Honeycutt
-Foye W Best, Lynda McCullen Best, James Norman McCullen, Linda Vann McCullen,
Nancy Ashburn McCullen, Ronnie Glenn McCullen, Lorraine Howard Overman, Newlon
M Overman Jr, John Stewart Wooten, Marlene O Wooten to James Norman McCullen,
Lynda McCullen Best, Linda Vann McCullen, Nancy Ashburn McCullen, Ronnie Glenn
McCullen- -Sampson & Wayne Counties
-Ruby Elizabeth Austin to Pine Ridge Road Rentals LLC- 2.87 Acres North Clinton
-J Keith Jones, Leanne B Jones, Deborah S Owen, Millard T Owen III to Robin Michelle
Langdon- Lot 40 1.01 Acres Little Coharie
-Cheryl Johnson Herring to Mirian Bety Ocampo Garay and Manuel Isaias Lopez
Martinez- 1.87 Acres w/exceptions
-Edda Lorena Munguia Ponce to Cynthia Hudson Edwards and Terry Hudson- Lot 2
1.20 Acres South Clinton
-Terry Hudson, Tresia Hudson to Edda Lorena Munguia- 2.88 Acres South Clinton
-Morris Network Inc/MGR, Morris Network Inc/MBR, WWAY-TV/LLC to Boykin Lakes
Company/GPTNR- 2.80 Acres w/exceptions South Clinton
-Kenneth Tew to Joanne Tew Kohrman, Marie J Tew and Wilton S Tew- Lot 2 11.39 Acres
Plainview
-Worsley Operating Company LLC/Successor By Merger, Worsley Southeast Integrated
LLC to GPM Southeast LLC- 0.444 Acres w/exception Little Coharie
-Karen A Autry/FKA, Karen Carter, Michael Hershell to Karen Carter and Michael Hershell
Carter- 0.60 Acres Sampson
-Doris Venita Hall/AKA, Allen Hinson/SKA, Doris Venita Hall Hinson/AKA, Henry A
Hinson, Venita H Hinson to Henry A Hinson and Venita H Hinson- Lot 58 Little Coharie
-Danny Joe Murphy, James Ronnie Murphy, Jan Bass Murphy, Kerry Lynn Murphy, Lynn
Patterson Murphy to Sunrise Properties and Rentals LLC- Lot 23 Britt Corp Sub Hillcrest
-Dorothy C Hart, Gene M Hart to Eastern Pride Inc- The Washerette Lot South River
-Julia P Kron, Clarence B Parks, Martha G Parks to Geraldine Carr, WF Carr, Glenda
Thornton and Willie Thornton- North Clinton
-Ashley V Odum, Sandy T Odum to Danny W Spell Sr- Lot 2 SA Butler Sub w/exceptions
Belvoir
-Mozelle R Hope to Jefferson Brooks and Shannon Willis Wood- 2.53 Acres North Clinton
-Sandra Hollingsworth Lynch to Danielle Lynch, Mikayla Lynch and Sandra
Hollingsworth Lynch- 2.50 Acres Honeycutts
-Betty T Brewer, Denise B Bullard, John R Bullard III to Mozzelle R Hope- 0.24 Acre North
Clinton
-Kay U Hamilton to Deborah D Jackson and Shelton Keith Jackson- 0.98 Acres Newton
Grove
-Deborah S Owen, Millard T Owen III to Arely Nunez Yanez- Lot 10 0.57 Acres Bluegrass
Ridge Little Coharie
-Mary Ann Jackson/AKA, Keith Naylor, Mary Ann Naylor to Arthur Wayne Branch,
Carolyn Deneen Branch- 0.6 Acres Little Coharie
-Charles H Powers, Katie M Powers to Larry Jason Tyndall- 1.00 Acres Dismal
-Thornton Homes Co to Litza Mabel Meza- Lots 4 & 5 JR Hiatt Division North Clinton
-JP Morgan Chase Bank National Association to Daniel L Brewer- 0.37 Acres Honeycutts
-Marie K Irobiro, Wesley L Nyagwaya to HSBC Mortgage Services Inc- Lot 9R Brookwind
Subdivision Phase 1 Plainview
-HSBC Mortgage Services Inc to Ashley L Page- Lot 9R Brookwind Subdivision
-Billy Kenneth Tyndall to Billy Kenneth Tyndall and Sally Tyndall- 0.43 Acres South
Clinton
-Jim Warren Mobile Homes Inc to Jerry Murphy- Lot 43 South Clinton
-Deborah C Williams, Edward Tilmon Williams to Bobby Wayne Jackson, Dwight B
Jackson, Johnny L Jackson, Mark T Jackson, Brent Thornton, Katina Wolf- Tract 4 2.13
Acres Little Coharie
-Margaree Hollingsworth to Raymond Phillip Hollingsworth, Deborah Lynn Pyz,
Blondell Marie H Sheridan- 2.34 Acres North Clinton
-Business Property Lending Inc, GE Business Loan Pass-Through Certificates Series
2006-2, Wells Fargo Bank NA/AS Trustee to Chastain Carolina LLC- 2.81 Acres North
Clinton
-Beneficial Financial Inc to William Smith- Lot 31 Heritage Place
-H&H Farms Inc, H&H Farms Inc/AKA to Andrew Garrett Herring, Joyce T Herring, Bonnie
Louise Herring Wise- 3 Tracts Westbrook
-Junius Davidson Tyndall to Junius Davidson Tyndall and Trudy Tyndall- 2 Tracts North
Clinton
-Coharie Incorporated to Bear Skin Run LLP- 0.80 Acres South Clinton
-Elvin Javier Chavarria to Gelin Andrea Escoto Reyes- Lot 14 0.55 Acres Oak Ridge
Subdivision North Clinton
-Marshal W Thornton, Thornton Homes Co to Hector Geovany Cruz Bautista, Alba Luz
Cedillos, Ricardo Morales- 7 Acres Lot 8 Taylors Bridge
-Althea G Labette to Britany Labette, Lona Labette- 1.16 Acres Lot 7 Newton Grove
- Lona Labette to Althea G Labette and Britany Labette- 2 Tracts w/exceptions
-First American Exchange Co LLC/MGR, Sampson Fuquay Trade LLC to NC Income
Properties LLLP- 0.845 Acres Tract A-2
-Jerry Thomas Mitchell, Tammy Davis Mitchell to Krystle Tanner Edge and Tony Franklin
Edge- 2.00 Acres Little Coharie
-Mary Ann Hill/TR, Mary Ann Hill Revocable Trust to Celeste Ramirez- Lot 24 Troy Farm
Westbrook
-Tim Byrd, Timothy Byrd to Jeff Byrd and Barbara Edwards- Lot South Clinton
-Charles E Moore Jr Revocable Trust, Charles E Moore III, Charles E Moore Jr Estate, Lisa
M Rakouskas, Lisa M Rakouskas/EXR, Lisa M Rakouskas/TR, Michael G Rakouskas Jr to
Minnie Hall Road LLC- 4 Tracts Sampson
-Frances K Jacobs to Dorothy Jacobs and Eddie Rich Jr- 0.49 Acres North Clinton
-Four Oaks Bank & Trust to Michael J Blackburn- Lot 7 T and T Subdivision North Clinton
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FAITH
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Have I Got A Story To Share With You!
by Debra Joy Wallace
wherever you go.”—Joshua 1:9 [ESV]
“Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.”—
1 Peter 5:7 [NIV]
“And we know that for those who love God all things work
together for good, for those who are called according to his
purpose.”—Romans 8:28 [ESV]
You’re invited you to LIKE “Reid’s Journey” on Facebook.
To learn more about the severity of baby Reid’s diagnosis,
watch the short video “99 Balloons” at www.YouTube.com
The first ‘Michael Seals Family’ photo with baby Reid.
“We are so humbled, honored, and touched by the expressions of concern and care for Reid. Regardless of the direction that God takes us in, we want Reid’s story to bring honor and glory to Him. A wise preacher once said that every
crisis is an opportunity to seek God’s will and lead others to Him. Pray for us so that we do not fail Him.
God bless you all.”—Mike & Dena Seals
As they promised, Mike and Dena Seals are updating the
Sampson Weekly readers on “Reid’s Journey”.
With great happiness the Seals report their youngest son
Reid Michael, was delivered via C-Section on Wednesday
morning, August 14th. Since Reid’s birth, there have been
“ups and downs” in his physical condition, yet through it
all...Mike and Dena’s faith in God has flourished. That’s not
to say that they don’t have moments of doubt and fear…but
rather, that with each passing day they are becoming more
aware of God’s Presence in their lives.
supported them with prayers and words of encouragement.
They ask that you please continue to pray for Reid, and
also for their other two sons; Grant and Luke. Thank you.
“The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you;
He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid;
do not be discouraged.”—Deuteronomy 31:8 [NIV]
“…Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and
do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you
On a deeper level, Mike and Dena are learning first-hand
the importance…the value of God’s Word. With a renewed
appreciation and fresh passion for God’s Word, they’ve
discovered that God’s Word truly is the Anchor that holds.
They are comforted in knowing that regardless of the length
or strength of the storm they’re now in with their infant
son…God will NEVER leave or forsake them or their sons.
They’re learning more and more to cast their cares, worries,
and anxieties on God…however they will tell you this isn’t
always easy. And so it is with open and teachable hearts
they welcome the Holy Spirit to help them in all matters.
Mike and Dena send their love to all those who have
Psalms for the Soul
Written by Linda Herring
The Bible speaks to us but the Psalms speak for us. Psalm
78:10 says, “They did not keep God’s covenant and refused
to live by His law.” We might think that our relationship with
God operates on the “I said-it-you-obey-it” formula. There is
no doubt that we owe God our prompt and willing obedience.
We do not have the right to question whether God has been
reasonable to demand what He does. But the Bible does not
portray God as an autocratic ruler who sends down executive
orders from heaven with no accompanying explanation. Instead, reading the Bible, we come to understand that God’s
commands are rooted in His kind and generous character. If
He asks us to do something or stop doing something, it is for
our good. The temptation to reject God’s authority could have been resisted if Israel had
called to mind the Lord’s works and wonders. God had already proven Himself capable and
willing to protect and deliver them. Do not let the stresses of the day steal your Psalm. Contact me at herring.theword@hotmail.com.
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“I’m amazed by you my precious boy. So beautiful and
so sweet. Look at your hands open so pretty although we
were told they would stay clinched. They tell us you have
ventricular septal defect which is holes in your heart. One
hole is significantly larger than the others. Well I cried as
the doctor said this could cause problems to your lungs as
you grow. I get sad and upset as I listen and your Daddy
is so calm. I know and your Daddy knows that God has
been doing such a work on you. We know you can defy
the odds. You have so far, and we know nothing is impossible with God.”—Reid’s Mommy 8-1
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Students Receive
Scholarships from
Salemburg Baptist Church
With the cost of education on the rise, Salemburg Baptist Church continues to
provide scholarships for some of it's college bound students. Pat Leonard (L) and
Jane Price(R) of the Howard-Cooper Scholarship Committee stand with students
(L-R) Haley Cooper, Harrison Butler and Zanna Faircloth. Not pictured is student
Caleb Sessoms. For over two decades this fund has awarded 92 scholarships to help
students reach their educational goals.
MUSIC LEADER NEEDED
Contemporary Baptist Church is seeking a Music Leader
for our Sunday morning service, a worship leader who knows
Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior, has a daily walk with the Lord
and is passionate about leading people into God’s
presence through praise and worship. Our desire is to find
someone who is a talented musician. If you feel that you may be
called to serve in this volunteer ministry position, please call
Pastor Ross Cavanaugh of True Faith Baptist Church,
Harrells, NC @ 271-9622 for more information
and to set up an interview.
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FAITH
Local Church Reaches Out To Community
Clinton Community Church (CPHC) with help from local
businesses, volunteers and church members supplied
330 area children with school supplies. The Stuff the
Bus community outreach helped meet the needs of
local families with children returning to the classroom.
Supplies included backpacks, pens, pencils, notebook and
other typical school supplies.
in the rain that stretched underneath our shelter between
the buildings, down the hall of the life center, out the
backdoor and back around to the shelter. We were out
of supplies very quickly. Next year we are trusting the
Lord to be able to supply no less than 500 children with
needed backpacks and school supplies at the beginning of
the new school year.”
Outreach and Connections minister, Ken White said, “We
had families lining up for supplies Saturday morning
as early as 8:00 AM. When we started passing out the
supplies at 10:30 there was a line of parents and children
Clinton Community Church (CPHC) would like to thank
all of the volunteers, (60 +) who gave their time Saturday
morning in the rain and we would like to thank all who
donated.
Medicine for
the Soul
Psalm 16:19 – In the multitude of my anxieties within me,
your comforts delight my soul.
By Vanessa W. Polk
Several years ago I was a passenger in a car that was involved in a head-on collision.
I sustained broken bones and
numerous cuts on my face
and arms; bumps and bruises covered one side of my
body. Although my recovery
was painfully slow eventually I got better; the bruises
disappeared, bones mended,
and cuts and scrapes were
healed. All visible signs of the
crash had gone. I was ready
to face the world again, so I
thought. Then, like a bolt of
lightning; chest pains, a rapid
heart rate, profuse sweating,
and an overwhelming sense of
impending doom paralyzed
me. The sudden interruptions
in my day began to feel more
frightening than the accident.
I would soon discover that the
car crash had left a distressing
scar, Panic Attack. Unlike the
purple and blue marks the
collision left on my skin, this
wound damaged my emotional well-being. Traveling
by land, air or water would
become the trigger for the
unwelcomed diagnosis. Its
scarring presence still sits just
beneath the surface of my daily living.
The number of individuals
dealing with anxiety disorder,
depression, and panic is astounding. Our world is filled
with brokenness of mind,
body or spirit; and overcom-
ing the scars of these emotional
stressors, mental bondages or
addictive behaviors is not easy.
In a constant state of struggle
to find right prescription to
heal their pain many people
fight these battles alone; a fear
of their distressing troubles
being exposed sends some of
them into a spiraling state of
hopelessness. As one who has
exchanged blows with the devastating effects of panic, it is the
protective prayer covering and
caring reassurance of others
that draw my soul back into the
healing embrace of God’s sweet
shalom.
Life Focus: Many physical injuries are readily seen and easily
treated, but when it comes to
emotional woundedness it can
be hard to understand –to tell
whether the person needs a
band-aid or surgery. Be careful.
Be sensitive. The next time you
come upon a wounded sister or
brother, particularly one who is
battered by the blows of anxiety
or depression, please be practical. Don’t throw a lot of scriptures at them or use spiritual
cliché. Yes, I know that the sacred text is a vital aspect of our
Faith traditions, but right now
I am simply speaking to the
wisdom of discerned-timing.
When a person is experiencing
a spiraling episode of embarrassing fears and despair, all the
exposed heart wants is for the
emotional bleeding to stop. No
lecture. No judgment. No altar
call. Simply apply therapeutic
Oliver Wins IPHC National
Bible Quest Competition
compassion. A massive dose
of calm tenderhearted presence
can make a critical difference.
“Let your tender mercies come
to me, that I may live.” (Psalm
119:77)
In times of emotional interruptions, God’s soothing care
can return the soul to a steady
state of sacred safety. If you
or someone you know battles
with various life stressors, be
encouraged. Restoration to
fullness of health and wellness
is available. If we would dare
not try to walk around on a
broken leg without going to see
a doctor, let’s not walk around
with emotional, psychological
or spiritual brokenness. There
is nothing weak or wrong
with realistically acknowledging our pain, despair or silent
frustrations. The Doctor is in.
Make an appointment. Jesus,
our Great Physician, is a miraculous Healer; however, he
also uses the expertise of faith
leaders, counselors, medical
doctors and other professional
to minister to every area of our
human existence, writing the
right prescription for a soul in
pain.
Come, ye disconsolate, where
e’er ye languish. Come to the
mercy seat, fervently kneel;
here bring your wounded
hearts, here tell your anguish.
Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal. (Hymn credited to Thomas Moore, Thomas
Hastings and Samuel Webbe)
Learning Station
Holds Tea Party
Ethan Oliver , of Salemburg, participated in the IPHC National Bible
Quest competition in Dallas, Texas, this past July. Ethan competed
in the individual power play event. Power play is a Jeopardy- type
question and answer competition where the first player to buzz in
with the correct answer earns points. Ethan won first place in the
Alpha Teen division, which is among 13-16 year olds. He competed
against other teens his age representing different conferences from
across the nation of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church.
Ethan attends Sharon PH Church outside of Clinton and represented
the North Carolina Conference.
The competition was based upon approximately 1800 questions
from the Book of Matthew. Ethan began preparing last November.
His hard work definitely paid off when he took home the title of first
place and over $2,600 in scholarships to IPHC colleges. Mr. Oliver
intends to compete again next year, which will involve a whole new
set of questions from different books of the Bible.
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The Learning Station hosted a girls tea party-luncheon at The Ashford Inn
recently. The Girls dresses up in pretty dresses. Hats and gloves were picked out
to wear from Ms. Patty Cherry's prize collection. Mrs. Cherry and Ms. Beck and
Mrs. Donna shared lessons on etiquette and everyone enjoyed a delicious meal
prepared and served by Ms. Patty and Mr.Mason.
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A lot of Funeral Homes have taken SERVICE out of Funeral Service
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Living in the modern age of smart phones, lap tops, ipads and all the other things that we enjoy, some people might think that we are living in good times. I agree that all of
these things make our lives simpler. The only thing about this is that in the process we have lost a lot of the personal touch that generations before us enjoyed. One thing that
stands out in my mind, is how in years gone by doctors made house calls. This way the person that was sick just stayed at home and rested until the doctor arrived. Much in the
same way I don’t understand how we have gotten to the point in the funeral profession that funeral directors feel like the family that has lost a loved one and are grieving (sick),
should have to leave their home, while friends are stopping by to visit and pay their respects. Why should they have to come to your big office and sit across from you, sitting
behind your big executive desk, in your high back leather chair to make funeral arrangements, after all they are the ones hurting (sick), not you or I. For this reason I want people
to know that when they face the loss of a loved one, you do not have to leave your home to make funeral arrangements. I will be honored to come to your home at any time that
is best for you. So whether it is to make funeral arrangements for a loved one that has passed away or to make pre-need arrangements, I am as close as a phone call away. Like
the old doctors, I still make house calls. We have our own state of the art crematory on site to serve families that choose cremation. We honor pre- arrangements from other
funeral homes, usually at no cost to you.
For more information on cremation services or any funeral related services please contact Danny A. Creech Vice President/ General Manager
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at 910-990-6202 or 910-245-3330
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Week of August 23-29, 2013
What’s
Happening
That’s
right. The
next
big
hit of the season “OKLAHOMA” opens tonight
at SCT!! I hope you got
your tickets because you
might be too late. All the
seats to this show are being sold “reserved”. We
are also adding two shows
to the run of, so if you
have not bought your tickets yet, give Brenda a call
at 990.1359 and reserve
your seats NOW!! We
would like to thank Kosterman Chiropractic and
sweetFrog for sponsoring
“OKLAHOMA”.
Our website is up and ready
for you to visit. Please go
at
SCT
to www.sampsoncommunitytheatre.org and check it out
and feel free to leave your
comments.
UPCOMING EVENTS AT
SCT:
-“OKLAHOMA”: August
23-25 and August 30-September 1. Sponsored by
sweetFrog and Kosterman
Chiropractic of Clinton
-“CRIMES
OF
THE
HEART”: October 11-13
and October 18-20
-“IT’S A WONDERFUL
LIFE”: December 6-8 and
December 13-15
thanks for all your support.
Here are this week’s Lil’
Bits of Info:
*Your body and an iron
nail both contain the same
amount of iron.
*The Phoenicians were the
one who first invented the
phonetic alphabet in 2,000
B.C.
*The number of grooves
etched into U.S. dimes 118.
Into U.S. quarters 119.
*In Antarctica, sunsets are
green.
That’s What’s Happening
this week at SCT. As always
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Rated: PG-13 for intense sequences of
fantasy violence and action, and some
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Starring: Lily Collins, Lena Headey, Jamie
Campbell Bower
Set in contemporary New York City, a seemingly
ordinary teenager, Clary Fray (Lily Collins),
discovers she is the descendant of a line of
Shadowhunters, a secret cadre of young halfangel warriors locked in an ancient battle to
protect our world from demons.
Mon-Fri 6:30 and 9:00
Sat and Sun 1:30-4:00-6:30-9:00
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Rated R for strong bloody violence, language
and some sexuality/nudity
Starring: Sharni Vinson, Joe Swanberg, A.J.
Bowen
When a gang of masked, ax-wielding murderers
descend upon the Davison family reunion, the hapless
victims seem trapped...until an unlikely guest of the
family proves to be the most talented killer of all.
Mon-Fri 7:00 and 9:00
Sat and Sun 2:00-4:00-7:00-9:00
THE BUTLER
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Large Crowd Attend
AA5 Concert
NOW PLAYING
Rated: PG-13 for some violence and disturbing
images, language, sexual material, thematic
elements and smoking
The story of a White House butler who served
eight American presidents over three decades.
The film traces the dramatic changes that swept
American society during this time, from the civil
rights movement to Vietnam and beyond, and how
those changes affected this man’s life and family.
Mon-Fri 6:30 and 9:00
Sat and Sun 1:30-4:00-6:30-9:00
PLANES
NOW PLAYING
Rated: PG for some mild action and rude humor
Starring: Dane Cook, Stacy Keach, Brad Garrett,
Priyanka Chopra
The Alive After Five event last week was held inside the Agri-Expo center because of the
threat of rain. Even though the event was held inside it was well attended by the loyal AA5
crowd. The Steve Owens & Summertime Band kept the dance floor moving to familiar
summer tunes. The fans enoyed the music and dancing and were entertained warming up
to many hits from the past.
The next installment will bring this year’s Summer Concert Series to an end and will feature a crowd favorite, The Fantastic Shakers on September 19, 2013. THE FANTASTIC
SHAKERS, known as the "South's Finest Show Band” features the beat of Carolina Beach
Music with many familiar songs such as, Myrtle Beach Days, Shakin’ the Shack, I Ain’t
Giving Up Nothing, I Need You and many, many more guaranteed to bring back memories
as well as help make new ones. Mark your calendars for 9-19-2013, staring at 5:45PM –
8:30PM in Downtown Clinton.
Tumbleweed
Gymnastics
Fall Registration
Sunday August 25th
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Enrolling Boys & Girls Ages 3 and Up
If you miss Registration the Gym will be
Open on Tuesdays 5 PM until 8 PM.
For More Information Contact:
Connie Hope at 910-590-7833
or email: chope@sampson.k12.nc.us
Tumbleweed Gymnastics
2665 Southeast Blvd. • Clinton, NC
910-299-0188
From above the world of “Cars” comes “Disney’s
Planes,” an action-packed animated comedy adventure
featuring Dusty (voice of Dane Cook), a plane with
dreams of competing as a high-flying air racer.
Mon-Fri 7:00 and 9:00
Sat and Sun 2:00-4:00-7:00-9:00
WE’RE THE MILLERS
NOW PLAYING
Rated: R for crude sexual content, pervasive
language, drug material and brief graphic nudity
Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Jason Sudeikis, Ed
Helms, Emma Roberts
David Burke (Jason Sudeikis) is a small-time pot dealer
whose clientele includes chefs and soccer moms, but
no kids—after all, he has his scruples. So what could go
wrong? Plenty. Preferring to keep a low profile for obvious
reasons, he learns the hard way that no good deed goes
unpunished when he tries to help out some local teens and
winds up getting jumped by a trio of gutter punks.
Mon-Fri 6:45 and 9:00
Sat and Sun 1:45-4:00-6:45-9:00
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FAMILY FEATURES
T
hey need to be able to eat it in 20
minutes or less. They need to be
able to open and close all of the
containers themselves. And it
can’t go bad before they eat it. What are
we talking about? The lunch your kids take
to school each day.
What you put in your child’s lunchbox
might matter more than you realize.
A recent study by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention found a significant
amount of sodium in the foods toddlers
commonly eat. It’s feared that similar
levels of sodium are also found in a
number of the foods older kids eat at
school every day. As concerns rise about
the early onset of high blood pressure,
a major risk factor for heart disease,
parents may want to re-examine those
lunchbox choices.
Why does sodium matter? A 2012 study
of children and adolescents found that
higher sodium consumption was associated
with increased blood pressure. This effect
was even greater in overweight and obese
participants compared to normal weight
participants.
In addition, research suggests that
children’s taste for salt develops as they
are exposed to it. The less sodium children
consume, the less they want it. Children’s
taste for salt may be reduced if they are
exposed to lower sodium diets at a young
age. Eating less sodium can help lower
blood pressure during childhood, which
can help lower the risk of high blood
pressure as an adult.
How much sodium is in
your child’s lunchbox?
Make-Your-Own Snack Mix
Get your kids involved in making this healthy snack mix.
Prep time: 5 minutes
1/4 cup raisins
1/4 cup dried cranberries
Cook time: 0 minutes
Yields: 4 servings
Combine all ingredients, and toss well.
Serving size: 1/2 cup snack mix
Serve immediately, or store for later
snacking.
1 cup toasted oat cereal
1/4 cup unsalted dry roasted peanuts
Tip: Put snack mix in individual snack-sized
(or other unsalted nut)
bags for a great grab-and-go snack.
Recipe and photo from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health
Where’s
the sodium?
Understanding sodium in foods can be
confusing, especially when food that
otherwise seems healthy may have high
levels of sodium. Most of the sodium
we eat doesn’t come from the salt
shaker, but is found in processed and
restaurant foods. This chart shows the
Top 10 Sodium Sources for children
and adolescents. How many of these
have made an appearance in your
child’s lunchbox?
What’s a parent to do?
Here are some tips to help tackle high
sodium in your child’s lunchbox:
n Read food labels and compare the
sodium amount in different products,
then choose the options with the
lowest amounts of sodium. Some
varieties of bread can vary from 80
to 230 mg of sodium per slice. That
can make a big difference in lunchtime sandwiches.
n Pack fresh fruits and vegetables with
lunch every day, like a small bag of
baby carrots, snow peas, or grape
tomatoes.
n For a healthy snack, make trail mix
using unsalted nuts, dried fruits and
whole grain cereal.
n When buying prepared meals, look for
those with less than 600mg of sodium
per serving.
By packing a lower sodium school lunch
for your children, you are not only setting
them up for success in the classroom, but
also in life. With your help, your children
can develop healthy, low sodium eating
habits that will last throughout their lives
and help improve their heart health. For
additional information about children and
sodium and more tips for parents to help
lower their family’s sodium intake, visit
cdc.gov/salt.
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EDUCATION
Teachers Begin New Assignments at Clinton City Schools
There will be 14 teachers beginning new assignments with Clinton City Schools for the 2013-2014
school year, according to Assistant Superintendent
for Human Resources Nancy Dillman.
Clinton High School
Lacey Bueno (Mathematics),Kristen Smith (English),
Kelley Storey (Mathematics)
Sampson Middle School
Madonna Akridge (7th Grade ELA), Gerard Falls (8th
Grade ELA), Kayla Kahn (6th Grade Science/SS),
Paige Smith (6th Grade ELA)
Sunset Avenue School
Khrissy Edge (4th Grade ELA/SS), Travis Jordan (Music)
Kalyn Moody (5th Grade ELA/SS),
Butler Avenue School
Madison Strickland (Exceptional Children BAS/SAS),
Rebekah Parker (ESL)
LC Kerr School
Vivian Faison (Pre-K), Amy Hairr (Pre-K)
MCA Holds Summer Camps
Mintz Christian Academy has kept its students busy
all summer! Several camps were offered, starting with
volleyball camp in mid-June. Twenty-two girls came
together from all around Sampson County to learn new
skills and perfect already defined abilities. Methodist
University’s volleyball coach, Mr. Eddie Matthews, led
students in drills and purely fun matches mingled with a
bit of tough competition. For their hard work, each girl
received a camp T-shirt, which will serve as a reminder
of a great week of hard work and priceless skills learned.
Following volleyball was a technology camp. This year,
technology campers focused on photography of animals
and nature. Their first field trip was to Fayetteville’s
Botanical Gardens where they practiced taking pictures
of plants and animals. The challenge was to get a clear
shot of a butterfly in motion. Motion is a real challenge
for any photographer. Their next field trip was to Noah’s
Landing in Coats, NC. Noah’s Landing is a “world of
animals at your fingertips!” The zebra, alligator and even
tarantula were favorites of the campers. The campers also
went to the library to learn how to check out books online
and how to access Wi-fi from their laptops and tablets
wherever they may be. The culmination of the camp was
learning how to take pictures off of the camera, organize
them on the computer in folders for easy access, and
creating a collage with those pictures.
By July, the girls’ and boys’ basketball teams were
ready to get into shape! Sixteen students signed up to
learn proper shooting techniques and a variety of ballhandling drills. Mr. Michael Oliver also worked with
students individually, teaching them how to play different
positions on the court. The games proved that the girls
could hold their own against those boys. Students walked
away with a T-shirt to remind them of their week and I
Timothy 4:8.
As the summer winds down, only one more camp
remained. A study skills camp was held the last week
of July. Students were assessed to discover their own
specific learning styles, and then learned strategies
for studying and test taking, preparing them for the
organization that middle school requires. Mintz Christian
Academy’s students will be changing classes more often
this upcoming school year as they start the year in a brand
new building with larger classrooms and lockers. It’s so
exciting, but also takes these new skills to be prepared for
each and every class. So, the last day of camp, students
timed themselves walking through the building, going to
their lockers, and getting to another class. They discovered
that a lot could be accomplished in five minutes.
Highway Patrol Provides A Few Safety Tips As We Begin the School Year
RALEIGH- As the school year begins, more than
700,000 students will be transported on school buses each day across North Carolina. Nationally, more
than 450,000 public school buses travel about 4.3 billion miles a year to transport over 23.5 million children
to and from school and school-related activities. Sadly,
on the average five to six children are killed and about
5,500 are injured in school bus related accidents each
year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration.
The most dangerous part of the school bus ride is
when children get on and off the bus. Loading and unloading is where children are in the most danger of not
being seen by the bus driver. Specifically, the area
10-feet in front of the bus where the driver may be too
high to see a child; 10-feet on either side of the bus,
where a child may be in the driver’s blind spot; and
the area behind the bus. Many pedestrian fatalities
in school-bus related crashes are children between 5
and 7 years old.
To prevent these needless deaths and injuries, drivers, children and parents are advised to follow a few
simple safety tips:
Drivers
-When backing out of a driveway or leaving a garage,
watch out for children walking or bicycling to school.
-When driving in neighborhoods with school zones,
watch out for young people who may be thinking about
getting to school, but may not be thinking of getting
there safely.
-Slow down. Watch for children walking in the street,
especially if there are no sidewalks in neighborhood.
-Slow down. Watch for children playing and congregating near bus stops.
-Be alert. Children arriving late for the bus may dart
into the street without looking for traffic.
-Learn and obey the school bus laws in your state.
Learn the "flashing signal light system" that school bus
drivers use to alert motorists of pending actions:
*Yellow flashing lights indicate that the bus is preparing to stop to load or unload children. Motorists should
slow down and prepare to stop their vehicles.
*Red flashing lights and extended stop arms indicate
that the bus has stopped, and that children are getting
on or off. Motorists must stop their cars and wait until
the red lights stop flashing, the extended stop sign is
withdrawn, and the bus begins moving before they can
start driving again.
Children
-Get to the bus stop at least five minutes before the bus
is scheduled to arrive.
-When the bus approaches, stand at least three giant
steps (6 feet) away from the curb, and line up away
from the street.
-Wait until the bus stops, the door opens, and the driver
says that it's okay before stepping onto the bus.
-If you have to cross the street in front of the bus, walk
on the sidewalk or along the side of the road to a point
at least five giant steps (10 feet) ahead of the bus before you cross. Be sure that the bus driver can see you,
and you can see the bus driver.
-Use the handrails to avoid falls. When exiting the bus,
be careful that clothing with draw strings, and book
bags with straps don't get caught in the handrails or
doors.
-Never walk behind the bus.
-Walk at least three giant steps away from the side of
the bus.
-If you drop something near the bus, tell the bus driver.
Never try to pick it up because the driver may not be
able to see you.
Parents
-Teach children to follow
these common sense
practices to make school
bus transportation safer.
-Keeping our children
safe takes teamwork and
together we can make a
difference!
For more information
on North Carolina’s
Stop Arm Law, please
go to the following
link: http://www.ncbussafety.org/SchoolBusSafety/SBSWlaw.html.
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HEALTH
Practice medication safety ...
especially around children
A cancer diagnosis is seldom easy for the person receiving
the news or his or her loved ones. Cancer treatment often
involves weeks of intensive medical therapy that can
include radiation, chemotherapy and oral medications.
Week of August 23-29, 2013
The United States Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention reports a 160 percent increase in poisonings in
children from 1999 to 2009, 91 of which are the result of
a drug overdose. The Cincinnati Children’s Hospital says
that kids ages five and younger are the most likely victims
of prescription drug poisoning. In homes where there is
an abundance of medications being used to treat cancer or
other illnesses, diligence is needed on the part of adults.
Though such medications can be a key component of
successful treatment, extra pills in the home can pose
additional hazards to children and even elderly residents
who may inadvertently get into unsecured pills.
Childproof bottles are seldom enough. Very often adults
forget to close the lids properly. Tenacious children can
sometimes figure out how to get lids off of bottles even if
they are touted as childproof.
Cancer patients may be prescribed a number of prescription
medications during the course of their treatments.
Antidepressants, opioids, steroids, anti-convulsants, and
radiopharmaceuticals may be prescribed to treat pain
and other side effects of cancer. When taken in the right
doses, these medicines can help patients withstand and
ultimately overcome their disease. In the wrong hands,
the same drugs can prove poisonous, especially to young
children.
Cancer patients taking medication might want to employ
some additional safety measures in order to protect young
children.
* Do not advertise medication use to your children. Take
pills away from curious eyes so that youngsters are not
tempted to try Mom or Dad’s medicine, which for all
intents and purposes, looks like candy to a child.
According to Safe Kids Worldwide, 500,000 parents and
caregivers per year call a poison control center because
a child accidentally ingested medicine or was given the
wrong dose. In 2011, 67,000 children were treated in
an emergency room for medicine poisoning. Based on
emergency room visits, many children come in contact
with these medications in places other than the medicine
cabinet. Kids may find spare pills on the ground, in a
purse or bag or on a counter or nightstand.
* Store medications high up, ideally in a locked cabinet.
Remain careful when returning pill containers to these
locked cabinets after use.
* Use individual-dose cases, many of which can be
locked with a key or a combination code. This can protect
WHOOPING COUGH
CASES ON THE RISE
Prepare Now
Get Immunized!
person to person usually by coughing or sneezing
while in close contact with others, who then breathe
in the pertussis bacteria.
By JeannaHairr-Ray, RN
As of last week, state public health officials have
tracked 326 cases of pertussis, according to the NC
Department of Health and Human Services. Because
of this high number across the state, health officials
are encouraging people of all ages to be immunized.
Pertussis, also known as whooping cough,is a highly contagious respiratory disease. It is spread from
Pertussis can be prevented by a vaccine. Children under the age of 7 receive DTaP, while the
booster Tdap, is given to adolescents and adults.
Everyone needs protection from pertussis. The
pertussis vaccine,along with other immunizations,
is required before children enter kindergarten and
6th grade.
The beginning of the school year is great opportunity to check with your health care providers for
immunizations for everyone in the family. If your
child or other family member needs vaccinations,
please schedule your appointments soon. You
can be vaccinated at private doctor’s offices, local
against spills should the case fall on the floor.
* Ask for medications to be prescribed in blister packs
that are more difficult to open.
* Dispose of any expired medication or pills you no longer
need so there are no extras lying around the house.
* Dispose of pills in an outside garbage receptacle so that
children or pets cannot find them and swallow them.
* Never store pills in a container other than the prescription
container or a medication dispenser.
When cancer treatment necessitates the taking of
additional medications, it becomes even more important
to protect children from accidental -- and sometimes
intentional -- ingestion of medications.
health departments and many community centers.
Vaccines have saved millions of lives and prevented
hundreds of millions of cases of disease. Thanks to
immunizations, like DTap and Tdap, many of these
diseases are not as common now as they were in
the past. However, these diseases are still present
and can cause many health problems.
The Sampson County Health Department and our
local school nurses work very hard to monitor the
immunization records of our children. Close monitoring not only protects our children, it also protects
our community from vaccine-Preventable Diseases.
Please help us keep Sampson County safe and get
immunized now. For more information please call
the Sampson County Health Department at 910592-1131.
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Week of August 23-29, 2013
Arrest Report
08-07 Amanda Dawn Bullard, 21; 3855 Bear
Skin Rd., Salemburg; Simple Assault; Unsecured Bond $500; Court 08-20
08-07 Drexter Soloman Rich, 27; 1337 Faison Hwy., Clinton; Resisting Arrest/Hinder &
Delay; Secured Bond $750; Court 08-22
08-07 Timothy Lee Fortner, 36; 950 Bell
Woods Rd., Clinton; Larceny; Written Promise to Appear; Court 09-05
08-08 Charles Anthony Briza Jr., 35; 77 Tanner Lane, Autryville; 2 Counts: Contempt of
Court, Perjury, Court Violations; Secured
Bond $500; Court 09-04
08-08 Lori Prescott Branch, 38; 2357 Peavine
Rd., Clinton; Fraud- Worthless Checks;
Forgery-Using/Uttering; Written Promise to
Appear; Court 11-08
08-08 Ursula Herring, 59; 4580 Bradshaw
Rd., Clinton; Second Degree Trespassing;
Communicating Threats; Written Promise to
Appear; Court 08-27
08-08 Guy Patrick West, 47; 761 Wash McLamb Rd., Newton Grove; Failure to Appear:
Child Support; Bond $2,000; Court 08-13
08-08 Reta M Dixon, 45; 316 Barden St.,
Clinton; Worthless Checks; No Bond; Court
09-05
08-08 Bonnie Beatrice Lewis, 58; 205 Apt.,
15 Martha Lane, Clinton; Worthless Checks;
No Bond; 09-05
08-08 Sharon Astrada, 32; 409 Oakland
Blvd., Clinton; Misuse of 911; Resisting a
Public Officer; Secured Bond $3,000; Court
10-08
08-09 Michelle Louise Wolfe, 34; 670 Glover Rd., Dunn; Simple Assault; No Bond;
Court 08-20
08-09 Lisa Kay Bolanas, 43; 2050 N. Salemburg Hwy., Salemburg; Larceny; Written
Promise to Appear; Court 09-05
08-09 Roger Carroll Hall, 62; 12301 Taylors
Bridge Hwy., Magnolia; 9 Counts: Cruelty
to Animals; Unsecured Bond $4,500; Court
09-10
08-09 Marilyn Selina Hall, 54; 12301 Taylors Bridge Hwy., Magnolia; 9 Counts: Cruelty to Animals; Unsecured Bond $4,500;
Court 09-10
08-10 Kimberly Ann Byrd, 36; 2760 Hobbton
Hwy., Clinton; Non-Support/Non-Payment
of Alimony; 2 Counts: Contempt of Court,
Perjury, Court Violations; Secured Bond
$2,060; Court 08-19
08-10 Justin Wayne Herstreith, 19; 24 Cassidy Lane, Coats; Drug Violations-Equipment/
Paraphernalia; Secured Bond $2,000; Court
09-16
08-10 Justin Douglas Kersey, 23; 1785 Bull
St., Garland; Disorderly Conduct; Secured
Bond $1,000; Court 09-09
08-10 Brian Neal Hardison, 38; 1342 Keener Rd., Clinton; Disorderly Conduct; Secured
Bond $1,000; 09-09
08-10 Dawn Tasia Keon Harrington, 21; 358
Landover Lane, Four Oaks; 4 Counts: Breaking & Entering; 4 Counts: Larceny; 2 Counts:
Possession of Stolen Goods; 3 Counts Larceny of a Firearm; 2 Counts: Conspiracy; Secured Bond $25,000; Court 08-16
08-10 Jerry Glen Howard, 57; 134 Darkwood Lane, Clinton; Assault on a Female;
Secured Bond $750; Court 09-10
08-11 Marea Terese Williams, 37; 1436
Bland School Rd., Harrells; Simple Assault;
Secured Bond $1,000; Court 09-03
08-11 Cedric Jarrell Crowell, 20; 7859 Timothy Rd., Dunn; Contempt of Court, Perjury, Court Violations; Secured Bond $1,000;
Court 09-09
08-12 Branden Alexander Elder, 26; 31 Elder Lane, Dunn; Failure to Appear: Sampson
County Child Support; Failure to Appear:
Harnett County Child Support; Bond $3,516;
Court 08-27
08-12 Lashanda Yvette Petty, 32; 964 The
Ave., Clinton; Child Abuse; DWI; Speed 69
in a 55; Secured Bond $1,500; Court 09-03
08-12 Larenda Eddie Lofton, 31; 8860 Faison Hwy., Faison; Burglary; Robbery with
Dangerous Weapon; Possession of Stolen
Goods/Property; 2 Counts: DWLR; Possession of Weapon of Mass Destruction; Secured Bond $201,500; Court 08-16
08-12 Melvin Antonio Thompson, 23; 309
W Boney St., Clinton; Burglary; Robbery
with Dangerous Weapon; Possession of Stolen Property; Secured Bond $200,000; Court
08-16
08-12 Larry Denny Boykin, 28; 10290
Garland Hwy., Clinton; Failure to Comply:
Sampson County Child Support; Bond $750;
Court 08-13
08-12 Jody Glenn Barefoot, 45; 12862 Dunn
Rd., Godwin; Criminal Damage to Property;
Written Promise to Appear; Court 08-27
08-12 Shanita R Dumpson, 22; 10122 Garland
Hwy., Clinton; Simple Assault; Written Promise
to Appear; Court 09-03
08-12 Teauanna Dumpson, 16; 10122 Garland
Hwy., Clinton; 2 Counts: Simple Assault; Vandalism; Written Promise to Appear; Court 09-03
08-12 Denine Dumpson, 42; 10122 Garland
Hwy., Clinton; Simple Assault; Written Promise
to Appear; Court 09-03
08-13 Woody D Knight, 51; 380 Rose Rd., Newton Grove; Contempt of Court, Perjury, Court
Violations; Secured Bond $500; Court 09-05
08-13 Crystal Belcher, 28; 102 N Peavine Rd.,
Clinton; Failure to Appear: Probation Violation;
Secured Bond $2,500; Court 10-15
08-13 Demond Terrell Newkirk, 38; 234 Byrd
Yancy Bass Rd., Clinton; Failure to Appear: Duplin County Child Support; Bond $13,265; Court
08-27
08-13 Chris Wayne Hales, 49; 14315 Hwy 210
South, Roseboro; Possession of Methamphetamine; Habitual Felon; Burning Property, Attempt Larceny, Tampering with Vehicle Parts;
Speeding; Secured Bond $126,500; Court 08-16
08-13 Brittany Danele McLeod, 23; 50 Allen Pond Rd., Bear Creek; 2 Counts: Larceny;
Possessing/Concealing Stolen Property; Motor
Vehicle Theft; 2 Counts: Drug Violations-Equipment/Paraphernalia; Parole & Probation Violations; Secured Bond $35,000; Court 08-16
08-14 Christopher L Sutton, 31; 1383 Basstown
Rd., Clinton; Non-support/Non-Payment of Alimony; Secured Bond $1,000; Court 08-27
08-14 Tiffany Lavonne Parker, 25; 309 Lisbon
St., Clinton; Resisting a Public Officer; Written
Promise to Appear; Court 09-16
08-14 Sonia Aide Fiquerosa-Zamarripa, 31; 121
Cleveland Dr., Mt. Olive; Failure to Appear; Secured Bond $500; Court 09-12
08-15 Bobby Papazian Moore, 52; 205 Lennon
St., Roseboro; Failure to Comply with Court
Order: Sampson County Child Support; Bond
$500; Court 08-27
08-15 Gonzalo Corral, 24; 507 East Chelly St.,
Warsaw; Contempt of Court, Perjury, Court Violations; Secured Bond $1,000; Court 08-29
08-15 Michael Decarl Walden, 56; 1866 Eugeen
Jernigan Rd., Dunn; Failure to Appear; Secured
Bond $500; Court 09-10
08-15 Timothy Joshua Butler, 25; 1036 Parkersburg Rd., Garland; Flee/Elude Arrest w/ Motor
Vehicle; Reckless Driving to Endanger; DWLR;
Child Abuse; Speeding 100mph/35mph; Unsafe
Movement; Secured Bond $10,000; Court 08-30
08-15 Brittany Shaine Parker, 24; 1272 Kenan
Weeks Rd.. Newton Grove; Resisting a Public
Officer; Secured Bond $750; Court 10-01
08-15 Joesph Anthony Lafromboise, 28; 4384
Wrye Branch Rd., Newton Grove; Assault by
Strangulation; No Bond; Court 08-16
08-15 Derrell Sennett Fryar, 30; 217 Byrd St.,
Clinton; PWISD Marijuana; Felony Probation
Violation; Secured Bond $10,000; Court 08-30
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08-17 Dustin Lane Carr, 17; 626 West 2nd
St., Garland; Drug Violations; Secured Bond
$500; Court 09-10
08-09 Karen Osborn reported the Larceny of
her medication from her residence located at
246 Bid Lane, Clinton.
08-18 Eliezer Agurica Espinosa, 22; 236
Loop Rd., Clinton; Failure to Appear: No
Operators License; Failure to Appear: Speeding in Excess of 45 mph; Secured Bond $500;
Court 09-13
08-10 Sarah Hoyt reported the Larceny of her
Mailbox from her residence located at 98 Darion Lane, Turkey.
08-18 Edward Febres, 46; 45 Pickle Shed
Lane, Clinton; Second Degree Trespass; Misdemeanor Larceny; Unsecured Bond $500;
Court 09-05
08-18 Raymond Davis, 38; Boykin Bridge
Rd., Clinton; Assault on a Female; No Bond;
Court 08-20
08-18 Victor Manue Abundez-Mendez, 35;
119 Lessie Lane, Clinton; DWI; Secured
Bond $800; Court 10-07
08-21 Arthur Cale Lee, 38; 181 Wesley Rd.,
Dunn; Simple Assault; No Bond; Court 09-03
08-21 Lauren R Jones, 29; 60 Max Austin
Lane, Clinton; Simple Assault; Secured Bond
$500; Court 09-17
08-21 Gregory Dashaun Weathers, 23; 1121
New Hope Church Rd., Turkey; DWI; Failure to Maintain Lane Control; Secured Bond
$600; Court 09-23
08-21 Ricky Garrett Faircloth, 28; 530 Yellow Skin Rd., Autryville; Failure to Appear:
Speeding; Failure to Appear: DWLR; Secured Bond $1,000; Court 09-20
08-21 Veronica G Thomas, 37; 1334 Garland
Airport Rd., Garland; DWLR; Secured Bond
$500; Court 09-05
08-21 Timothy Lee Fortner, 36; 950 Bell
Woods Rd., Clinton; Motor Vehicle Theft;
Secured Bond $2,500; Court 08-30
08-21 Jeffrey Lee Graham, 29; 618 Eastover
Tarrace, Clinton; Motor Vehicle Theft; Secured Bond $7,500; Court 08-30
08-21 Joseph Charles Toman III, 53; Junious
Lucas Rd., Faison; Motor Vehicle Theft; Secured Bond $7,500; Court 08-30
08-21 Erick Damon Phillips, 22; 6184 Bonnetsville Rd., Clinton; Simple Physical Assault; Assault on a Female; First Degree Sexual Offense; Assault with a deadly weapon;
No Bond; Court 09-17
08-21 Jairo Ramon Cosmopulos, 39; 172
Manuel Lane, Faison; Weapon Violations;
Secured Bond $5,000; Court 08-30
Incident/Investigation Report
08-07 Roger Mclymore reported a Burglary
by Gun Point at his residence located at 474
West Fourth St., Garland. Items reported
missing included a 32 Caliber Semi-Automatic Pistol and us currency.
08-07 Jameel Tucker reported a Larceny of
his copper from his residence located at 843
Govenormoore Rd., Clinton.
08-07 Betty Hope reported Harassing Phone
Calls to her residence located at 3495 North
US 421 Hwy., Clinton.
08-07 Soni Lynn reported a Simple Physical
Assault at her residence located at 137 Daybreak Lane, Newton Grove.
08-16 Sharon Renee Gurley, 32; 3831 Goldsboro Hwy., Newton Grove; Cyberstalking; Written Promise to Appear; Court 09-04
08-07 James Fortner reported a Larceny at
his residence located at 950 Bells Wood Rd.,
Clinton. Only item reported missing included
household items.
08-16 Raymond Keith Boone, 31; 4516 Old
Warsaw Rd., Clinton; Simple Non-Physical Assault; Unsecured Bond $1,000; Court 09-16
08-07 Crystal Wilson reported Criminal
Damage to his residence located at 1419 Savannah Hill Rd., Dunn.
08-16 Christopher Joseph Carter, 30; 275 Serenity Lake Dr., Clinton; Assault on a Female; No
Bond; Court 09-03
08-07 Laquista Wallace reported a Burglary
by Forcible Entry at her residence located at
572 Wilmington Rd., Turkey. No items reported missing.
08-17 Cyrys Dean Fennell II, 27; 415 E Elizabeth St., Clinton; Non-Support Child; Bond
$500; Court 09-10
08-17 Hector Xuniga-Zelaya, 30; Sasser Lane,
Clinton; Domestic Violence Protective Order Violation; No Bond; Court 09-03
08-17 Russell Cortez Kerns, 36; 60 Hannibal
Lane, Roseboro; Failure to Appear: DWLR; Secured Bond $500; 09-12
08-17 Geneva Renee Daniels Bishop, 46;
6505 Five Bridge Rd., Clinton; Failure to Appear: Simple Worthless Checks; Secured Bond
$1,000; Court 08-20
08-17 Donald Edwin Minton Jr., 32; 920 Willard Rd., Willard; Criminal Damage to Property;
Secured Bond $1,000; Court 09-24
08-17 Nicole Cheir Alexander, 24; 107 North
Blvd., Clinton; DWLR; Secured Bond $500;
Court 08-19
08-17 Seth Hudson Giddens, 30; 2060 Mt. Olive
Hwy., Newton Grove; Failure to Appear: Simple
Worthless Check; Secured Bond $500; Court 0926
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08-08 William Mathis reported Criminal
Damage to Property located at 100 Needmore
Rd., Turkey.
08-08 Donna Carter-Henery reported the
Larceny of her printer located o
on US Hwy 421, Clinton.
08-08 Charlotte Cooley reported a Burglary
at her residence located at 291 Newton Lane,
Clinton. No items were reported missing.
08-08 Hugo Rodriguez reported a Breaking
& Entering located at 1013 Barden St., Clinton. Items reported missing included a TV
and us currency.
08-09 Ricky Faircloth reported a Breaking
& Entering at his residence located at 122 SE
Blvd., Clinton. No items were reported missing.
08-09 Brent Jackson reported the Arson of
his Motor Vehicle located at 441 Howard
Rd., Autryville.
08-09 Megan Naylor reported a Fraud by
which someone cloned her phone to track her.
08-10 Ashley Carr reported Criminal Damage
to her Vehicle located at 315 East Dr., MLK
Blvd., Roseboro.
08-10 Mary Warren reported the Larceny of
her purse located at Belvoir School Rd., Clinton.
08-11 James Fortner reported a Burglary at her
residence located at 950 Bellwood Rd., Clinton. Items reported missing included a Washer
and Dryer.
08-11 Victoria Turner reported the Larceny
of her purse at her residence located at 42 ET
Lane, Clinton. Items reported missing included
us currency and a purse.
08-11 Jeffery Gainey reported a Larceny at his
residence located at 130 Sandhole Rd., Clinton. Item reported missing was a window A/C
unit.
08-11 Gary Pitts reported a Larceny at his residence located at 3 Jernigan Trail, Dunn. Items
reported missing included a Utility Trailer and
a Dish Washer.
08-12 Harvey Cooper reported the Larceny
of his Bicycles from his residence located at
1444W Main St., Clinton.
08-12 Michael Mazingo reported a Burglary
by Forcible Entry at his storage unit. Items reported missing included an assortment of ammunition, foot locker, and a stereo unit with
speakers.
08-12 Arnold Chestnutt reported Damage to
his For Ranger, while parked at his residence
located at 2577 Firetower Rd., Harrells.
08-13 Aaron Lowery reported Criminal Damage to his Nissan Stanza while parked at 5
Jernigan Trail, Dunn.
08-13 Dennis Owens reported a Burglary by
Forcible Entry at his residence located at 2782
Whitewoods Rd., Roseboro. Items reported
missing included a radio and an electric heater.
08-13 Theresa Kea reported the Larceny of her
NC License Plate from 79 Bikers Lane, Clinton.
08-14 Alissa Melvin reported a Burglary at her
residence located at 235 McPhail Fowler Lane,
Clinton. Item reported missing was an Accer
laptop computer.
08-15 Calvin Johnson reported being the
victim of Fraud by Impersonation, by which
someone took his information to gain financial
support.
08-16 Tonya West reported a Burglary by
Forcible Entry at her residence located at 6879
Wildcat Rd., Harrells. Items reported missing
included household goods, clothing and a safe.
08-16 Henry Strickland reported the Larceny of his forklift battery from 7060 Hobbton
Hwy., Newton Grove.
08-16 Mary Butler reported Damage to her
Cadillac Escalade while parked at her residence located at 54 Plum Lane, Clinton.
08-16 Juan Lopez reported a Robbery at his
residence located at 184 Lot 1 Plantation Lane,
Clinton. Item reported missing was a black cell
phone.
08-17 Alene Evans reported the Larceny of
her tires from her vehicle while parked at 9792
Garland Hwy., Clinton.
08-17 John Strouth reported a Breaking &
Entering at her residence located at 2964 Old
Warsaw Rd., Clinton. Items reported missing
included a box of nitroglycerin patches and an
assortment of medications.
08-18 Ruben Garcia reported the Theft of his
Motor Vehicle while parked at his residence located at 10266 Suttontown Rd., Faison.
08-18 Evelyn Autry reported a Burglary at a
residence located at 1090 Clear Run School
Rd., Harrells. Item reported missing were an
assortment of household goods.
08-18 Jack Bonner reported the Larceny of
electrical wiring from a residence located on
Zoar Church Rd., Salemburg.
08-21 Jeffrey Davis reported the Theft of his
John Deere lawn mower from his property located at 1241 Northeast Blvd., Clinton.
08-21 Marcella Bonner reported the Larceny
of copper wiring from a residence located at
1600 Zoar Church Rd., Salemburg.
08-21 Alderman Faison reported a Burglary
at his residence located at 910 West Main St.,
Clinton.
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8. Clear blood fluids
9. Female sheep
11. Utters
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33. A light stroke
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42. Cunieform tablets found in 1974
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Week of August 23-29, 2013
Week of August 23-29, 2013
Camerson
Miss
Meagan
Rachell Brown, 19, of
Cameron passed away
on Sunday, August
18, 2013 at Kindred
Hospital in Greensboro
with her family at her
side. A celebration
of life will be held on
Thursday, August 22,
2013 at 3:00 p.m.
at San-Lee Chapel
Church with Pastor
Dale Sauls and Chaplain Ken Rahal officiating.
Burial will follow in Cameron Cemetery. Meagan
was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on October
9, 1993 to Richard Kelly and Connie Davis Brown.
She enjoyed taking pictures, shopping, trips to
the beach and a little hunting but most of all she
enjoyed spending time with her family and friends.
She was a loving mother, daughter, sister, aunt
and granddaughter and will be greatly missed by
all who knew her. She is survived by her mother,
Connie Davis Brown and Brandy Brown; one sister,
Mariah Brown of Cameron; three brothers, Jason
Brown and fiancé Tonya of Cameron, Jonathan
Brown and wife Pam of Broadway, DeKelly Gantlin
of Cameron; great-grandmother, Johnsie Brown of
Cameron and a host of nieces and nephews. She
was preceded in death by her father, Richard Kelly
Brown and a daughter, Addyson Kelly Hughes.
The family will receive friends in the family
visitation rooms at Cox Memorial Funeral Home
and Crematory on Wednesday, August 21, 2013
from 6 until 8 p.m. Condolences may be sent to
www.coxmemorialfuneralhome.com. The family
has entrusted services to Cox Memorial Funeral
Home and Crematory.
Roseboro
Mr. Jessie “Peter
Rabbit”
Frank
Blackmon Jr. 78 of
170 Willie Brown Rd.
Roseboro, NC died
Thursday, August 08,
2013
at
Sampson
Regional
Medical
Center in Clinton, NC.
Funeral service was
held at 2:00 P.M.
Wednesday,
August
14, 2013 at Charles E.
Perry Learning Center
in Roseboro. Burial followed in the RoseboroSnowhill Cemetery. Mr. Blackmon is survived by
two sons, Carl Parker of Stedman, Anthony Parker
of Vander ; one daughter Sharon Mills of Ft. Worth
Texas; two sisters Isabell Walker of Dallas, Texas,
Lonnie Fennell of Clinton; one brother, James W.
Blackmon of Roseboro; 5 grandchildren. Service
by Carter Funeral Home.
Garland
Douglas
Edward
Lewis 52 of 11710
US Hwy. 701 North
Garland,
NC
died
in his home August
15th surrounded by
family
and
friends
after a brave battle
with Leukemia. Doug
was predeceased by
his father Norwood
Neal Lewis of Garland,
NC. Memorial service
was held at 2:00 P.M.
Sunday, August 18, 2013 at Carter Funeral Home,
by the Reverend Billy Bass. Doug is survived by his
mother Geneva Lewis of Raeford NC; a daughter,
Jeanie Ana Lewis; a son, Joseph Lewis; a brother
Frankie Lewis of Raeford, NC; Two sisters,
Brenda Lewis of Raeford, NC and Tammy and her
husband Scott Krumwiede of Myrtle Beach, SC; 8
nieces and nephews and many great friends. The
family would like to extend a heart felt thank you
to Gary & Marion Childress for their support during
Doug’s illness. Service by Carter Funeral Home in
Garland.
Garland
Miss Jenna Michelle Johnson 2 of 1976 Davis
Rd., died Monday, August 19, 2013 at UNC
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Hospital, in Chapel Hill,
NC.
Funeral service
will be held at 1:00 P.M.
Thursday, August 22,
2013 Friendship Baptist
Church by the Reverend
Gary McMillian. Burial
will follow in the church
cemetery. Miss Johnson
is survived by her
parents, Jonathan &
Amber Scott Johnson
of Garland, one brother,
Jiraiya
Johnson
of
Garland, Paternal grandparents, Johnnie & Cordy
Johnson of Garland, Paternal great-grandmother,
Verbie Williams of Roseboro, Maternal grandparents,
Rebecca Cormier of Raeford, and Anthony Scott of
Connecticut, Maternal great-grandmother, Ruby
Tarrant of Raeford. The family received friends
from 6:30P.M.-8:00P.M. Wednesday, August 21,
2013 at Carter Funeral Home in Garland. Online
condolences maybe sent through www.cartefh.com
SALEMBURG
Mrs. Greta Ann Naylor
Tew, 82 of Vista Ridge
Nursing
Home
in
Lewisville, Texas, and
formerly of Salemburg,
died on Sunday, August
18, 2013. The funeral
was held at 3:00 P.M. on
Wednesday, August 21,
2013 at Butler Funeral
Home in Roseboro.
Burial followed at the
Tew Family Cemetery
in Roseboro. Mrs. Tew
was preceded in death by: her husband, William
A. Tew; one son, Danny Ray Tew; and one brother,
William Crawford “Bill” Naylor. She is survived by:
two daughters and their families, Brenda and Bryon
Langston and Linda Tew and Lee Shaw all of Lake
Dallas, Texas; and two grandchildren, Austin and
Hayden Shaw of Lake Dallas, Texas. The family
received friends on Wednesday afternoon from 2:00
to 3:00 P.M. at Butler Funeral Home in Roseboro. A
special thanks to the many people who cared for her
over the past 8 years at Vista Ridge Nursing Home,
who knew her as “Mamma” and “our princess”. They
created a caring, loving, and peaceful environment
that she came to appreciate as home. Services
entrusted to Butler Funeral Home, 401 W. Roseboro
Street, Roseboro.
Clinton
Sadie Williams McKoy, 91, formerly 227 Jacobs St.
died Sunday 8/18/13 at Sampson Regional Medical
Center in Clinton, N.C. Funeral services will Sat.
8/24/13, 3pm at Greater Six Runs Missionary Baptist
Church in Turkey, N.C. Interment in the Sandhill
Cemetery, Clinton, N.C. Survivors are 3 daughtersMary Williams-Clinton, N.C., Joyce W. MurphyDelway, N.C., Rev. E. Yvonne Faison-Clinton,N.C.;
1 son-John Williams-Burlington, N.J.; 1 brotherJesse McCalop-Turkey, N.C. ; 1 sister-Florence
Thompson-E.Orange, N.J.; 10 grandchildren, 20
great grandchildren. Public viewing Friday 8/23/13, 1
to 7pm, family present 6-7pm, Butler & Son Funeral
Services, Clinton, N.C. www.butlerandson.com
Stedman
Ms. Vesta Fortune, Age-94, 6899 Beaver Dam
Rd. died Thursday 8/15/13 at home. Funeral
services will be Sat. 8/24/13, 11 am, at Butler &
Son Funeral Home in Roseboro, N.C. Interment
in the Roseboro Cemetery. Survivors are 1 sonBarry Smith-Stedman, N.C. ; 1 daughter-Jennifer
Fortune-Phil., Pa.; 3 grandchildren and 3 Great
Grandchildren. Public visitation Saturday 9-11 am.
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Clinton
Mrs. Grace Clifton Britt, 77, of 80 Killdee Dr.,
Harrells, died Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at Magnolia
Assisted Living, in Clinton. A graveside service will
be Thursday, August 22, 2013 at 5:00 PM in the
Clinton Cemetery. The Reverend Alan Overton
will officiate. Mrs. Britt, born in Sampson County,
was the daughter of the late Duncan Kyle Clifton
and Lois Grace Tyner Clifton and the widow of
the late Grover Hampton “Hamp” Britt. She retired
from the Sampson Independent where she was
co-owner. Mrs. Britt was a member of Immanuel
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OBITUARIES
Baptist Church and also served in the U.S. Air
Force. Mrs. Britt is survived by a brother, Frank
Clifton and wife Nora, of Jupiter, Florida; nephew,
David Clifton, of San Fransico, CA; special friend,
W.E. Peterson; special caregivers, Jerry and Toni
Bradshaw and Kelly and Scott Grantham; three
step-children, Harriet B. Allen,of Greenville, NC,
Annis B. Faircloth,of Kenansville,NC and Judy
B. Strickland, of Wilmington, NC. The family will
receive friends following the service. Memorials
may be made to The Baptist Children’s Home,
Inc., P.O. Box 338, Thomasville, NC 27360.
Condolence may be made to the family at www.
crumpler-honeycutt.com.
CLINTON
Mr. Milton “Mitt” Filmore Gainey, 78, of Mary
Gran Nursing Center, passed away Thursday,
August 15, 2013, at Sampson Regional Medical
Center. A funeral service was held at 11 A.M.,
Saturday, August 17th, at Mt. Vernon Baptist
Church in Clinton with the Reverend E. C.
Mattocks officiating. Interment
followed in
Clinton Cemetery. Mitt, born in Sampson County,
was the son of the late Marshall Avery Gainey
and Mary Catherine Pope Gainey. He was a
member of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church. Mitt was
predeceased by numerous brothers and sisters.
He is survived by a sister, Irene G. Darden of
Clinton, and a brother, Prentice Gainey of Clinton,
as well as numerous nieces, nephews, greatnieces and great-nephews. The family received
friends 10-11 A.M., the hour prior to the service,
Saturday morning at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church,
3790 Faison Highway, Clinton and other times
at the home of his sister, 504 Underwood Street,
Clinton. Flowers are welcome or memorials may
be made to Mt. Vernon Baptist Church Building
Fund, 3790 Faison Highway, Clinton, NC 28328.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.
crumpler-honeycutt.com.
Clinton
Mrs. Kathy Songer Robbins, 62 of 4376 King
Road, died in Rex Hospital, Monday, August
19, 2013. A memorial service will be held Friday
at 6:00 PM at Piney Grove Baptist Church with
Rev. Richard Weeks and Rev. Spencer Brown
officiating. Born in 1950 in Charleston County,
South Carolina, Mrs. Robbins was the daughter
of the late Clifford M. and Ethel Hazel Songer.
She was a member of Piney Grove Baptist
Church and a homemaker. She is survived by
her husband, Butch S. Robbins; two daughters,
Ailene Nichole Davis and husband, Ryan Charles
of Summerville, SC and Scarlett Allison Gainous
and husband, Jason of Summerville, SC; one
sister, Mary E. Williams of Charleston, SC and
three brothers, Richard Songer of Charleston,
SC, Tommy Songer of Summerville, S.C. and
Clifford Songer IIl, of Edisto Beach, S.C. Two
grandchildren: Melody and Gabriel Gainous. The
family will receive friends following the memorial
service in the church fellowship hall. In lieu of
flowers memorials may be made to Piney Grove
Baptist Church, 1818 N. McCullen Road, Faison,
NC 28341. Services are entrusted with Royal-Hall
Funeral Home.
NEWTON GROVE
Mr. Ronald Earl Stevens, 56, of 899 Suttontown
Road, died Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at Wayne
Memorial Hospital, Goldsboro, NC. The funeral
will be held at 2 p.m., Sunday, August 25, at
The Western Assembly Disciples of Christ
Headquarters, Newton Grove, NC with Elder
Fernando Geddie officiating. Burial will follow in
Piney Green Disciples Church Cemetery. Public
visitation will be held Saturday, August 24, from 9
a.m. - 1 p.m. at Brock Memorial & Worley Funeral
Home, Clinton, NC and from 5 p.m. - 7p.m. with
family present at Piney Green Disciples Church,
Newton Grove, NC. Mr. Stevens is survived by
his wife, Pastor Gertie Stevens of the home;
daughters, Crystal Wilson of Clinton, NC and
Jill Stevens of the home; son, Ronald Dewayne
Stevens of Clinton, NC; sisters, Minnie Warren
of Faison, NC, Carolyn Stevens, Lois Stevens,
Sarah Stevens, Brenda Stevens, Wanda Stevens
all of Four Oaks, NC; brothers. Moses Stevens of
Newton Grove, NC and Larry Stevens of Chicago,
IL; 5 grandchildren. Online condolences may
be sent to www.brockmemorialandworley.com.
Service entrusted to Brock Memorial & Worley
Funeral Home in Clinton, NC
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The Clinton-Sampson Chamber of Commerce strives to
serve as a voice for our membership and the local community. As the vehicle to reach our local, state, and national representation, the Clinton-Sampson Chamber of
Commerce is hosting the first “Sampson Perspective” on
Tuesday, August 27th 2013 at 5:30pm. Located in Room
O-140 at Sampson Community College, the Chamber
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most pressing questions to our leaders.
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Congratulations
Chamber Member of the Week
Throughout the past few years, the Clinton-Sampson Chamber of Commerce has hosted round table discussions with the County’s leaders and representation. However, it
was quickly realized that an avenue for Chamber Members and the local community
to ask questions to our leaders was needed. The Clinton-Sampson Chamber of Commerce goal for “Sampson Perspective” is twofold, to continue to grow and cultivate
these relationships as well as provide the Chamber’s membership and community
to inquire of the issues that impact the businesses and organizations on a daily basis.
Sitting on this year’s Sampson County Executive Leadership Panel: Congressman Mike
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Keep Your Retirement on Solid Ground
Even If Things at Work Are Up in the Air.
Few things are as stressful as worrying about work. Because
it’s easy to feel like things are out of control, it’s essential to
consider any financial decision carefully. This is especially
true when it comes to your retirement savings.
Edward Jones can help. We’ll start by getting to know your
goals. Then we’ll sort through your current situation and
work with you face to face to develop a strategy that can help
you keep your retirement on track.
To make sense of
your retirement
savings alternatives,
call or visit today.
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David B Jenkins Jr
Financial Advisor
608 Beaman Street
Clinton, NC 28328
910-592-1694
www.edwardjones.com
Member SIPC
Question:
I’m applying online for disability benefits. What is the
difference between the disability application and the
disability report? Do I have to complete both?
Answer:
Yes, you will need to complete both when you apply for
disability benefits. To receive Social Security disability benefits, you must file a disability
application. A disability report provides information about your current physical or
mental condition and we need this to process your disability application. You should
complete a disability application, a disability report, and an authorization to release
medical records to file a claim for disability benefits. To learn more, and to apply online,
visit www.socialsecurity.gov/applyfordisability.
Question:
How do I know if I have worked long enough - to qualify for Social Security disability
benefits?
Answer:
You must have worked long enough — and recently enough — under Social Security to
qualify for disability benefits. Social Security work credits are based on your total yearly
wages or self-employment income. You can earn up to four credits each year. The amount
needed for a credit changes from year to year. In 2013, for example, you earn one credit for
each $1,160 of wages or self-employment income. When you have earned $4,640, you’ve
earned your four credits for the year. The number of work credits you need to qualify for
disability benefits depends on your age when you become disabled. Generally, you need
40 credits, 20 of which you earned in the last 10 years, ending with the year you become
disabled. However, younger workers may qualify with fewer credits. To learn more, see
our Disability Planner at www.socialsecurity.gov/dibplan/dqualify3.htm.
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME
Question:
My grandmother recently died and left me about $5,000 in cash. Will this affect my SSI?
In this moment. . .
It doesn’t matter if you saved
money in 15 minutes.
It doesn’t matter if your neighbor
has the same insurance you do.
What matters right now is that you
get to enjoy this moment - feeling
completely at ease - because your
independent insurance agent and
the company that stands behind
them have you covered.
September is Life
Insurance Awareness
month. In this
moment... are you
covered?
Call us today to learn more about
the many different Life Insurance
options offered by
Auto-Owners Insurance.
Lockamy/Tek Insurance
1940 Hobbton Highway
Clinton, NC 28328
www.lockamytek.com
(910)592-4700
12816 (8-12)
Answer:
Yes, it most likely will. We count the money as income in the month you receive it, which
means you will not be eligible for an SSI payment the month that you receive the $5,000.
Because there is a resource limit of $2,000 for an individual (or $3,000 for a couple), the
amount you keep after the month you received it will count as a resource and may make
you ineligible for a payment. As long as you have more than the resource limit, you will
not be eligible for an SSI payment. It is important that you report to us the amount you
receive and then let us know when your resources fall below the limit. Learn more about
SSI by reading or listening to our online publication, Supplemental Security Income (SSI),
available at www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs.
Question:
Social Security recently denied my application for Supplemental Security Income (SSI).
Can I appeal the decision?
Answer:
Yes. If you disagree with a decision made on your claim, you can appeal it. The steps you
can take are explained in our online publication, Your Right To Question A Decision Made
On Your Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Claim, available at www.socialsecurity.gov/
pubs. If you do not agree with the decision, you can file an appeal online. Simply visit the
online services page at www.socialsecurity.gov/onlineservices. Then select the “Appeal a
decision” link and follow the instructions. You also have the right to be represented by an
attorney or other qualified person of your choice. If you would like to learn more about
obtaining representation, read our online publication Your Right To Representation at
the same online publication library.
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